Dorothea Mary Agnes BURKITT

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BURKITT, Dorothea Mary Agnes

Service Number:	Staff Nurse
Enlisted:	12 June 1915
Last Rank:	Staff Nurse
Last Unit:	Hospital Transport Corps
Born:	Neutral bay, Sydney New South Wales, 1888
Home Town:	Mosman, Municipality of Mosman, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Nurse
Died:	NSW, 1961, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
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World War 1 Service

12 Jun 1915:	Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Staff Nurse, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1)
14 Jul 1915:	Involvement Hospital Transport Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: ''
14 Jul 1915:	Embarked Hospital Transport Corps, HMAT Orsova, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Daryl Jones

Daughter of Walter and Angelina Mary (nee McKnight) BURKITT

Married Norman GIBSON in England in 1916

SYDNEY, December 20. A nurse-Miss Dorothy Burkitt and Doctor-Dr. Norman Gibson were the principals in a recent war wedding that took place in London. Both were on the staff of the "Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. Nurse Burkitt went to do her bit when war broke out, and later Dr. Gibson followed. A proposal and marriage resulted on the other side.

Newcastle Morning Herald & Miner's Advocate Friday 22 December 1916 page 7

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