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CHERRY, Enid Joan Spower
Personal Details
| Service Number: | Staff Nurse |
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| Enlisted: | 21 May 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Staff Nurse |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) |
| Born: | Nailsworth, South Australia, 12 December 1890 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Nurse |
| Died: | 1986, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Derrick Gardens |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Royal Adelaide Hospital WW1 Roll of Honour, Adelaide Treasurer and Chief Secretary Roll of Honour, Keswick South Australian Army Nurses Roll of Honor |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 21 May 1917: | Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Staff Nurse | |
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| 14 Jun 1917: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: RMS Mooltan embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 14 Jun 1917: | Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), RMS Mooltan, Adelaide |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Daughter of William Herbert CHERRY and Emma Jane nee KING
Trained 3 years Adelaide General Hosptial
Served in Salonika and contracted Dysentery in June 1918 and was invalided to Australia 03 October 1918 per “Wiltshire”
She volunteered to nurse Influenza in WA, transport by rail 28 December 1918
Returned to Adelaide 04 September 1919 per “Takeda” from WA
Appointment terminated 01 November 1919
In the 1920s she was appointed as an industrial nurse at Myers in Rundle Street, Adelaide. Here she remained for 23 years, as the nurse to provide care for staff and customers.
Enid did not marry.
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