DOUGLAS, Alice Grace
| Service Number: | Sister |
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| Enlisted: | 28 November 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Head Sister |
| Last Unit: | 1st Australian General Hospital |
| Born: | Wood Green, London, England, 1875 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Nurse |
| Died: | Natural Causes, Victoria, Australia, 8 June 1962 |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Cremated and remains scattered |
| Memorials: | Newtown All Saints Church Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Nov 1914: | Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, Sister, 1st Australian General Hospital | |
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| 5 Dec 1914: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), 1st Australian General Hospital, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Dec 1914: | Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), 1st Australian General Hospital, HMAT Kyarra, Melbourne | |
| 1 Mar 1916: | Promoted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Head Sister |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Daughter of Capt. Charles DOUGLAS, Royal Navy and Alice Gertruce nee MARDON
NOK - Brother, Godfrey Douglas, Locomotive Department, Hopetoun, Western Australia
Trained at Melbourne Hospital November 1907 - November 1910
Served in Egypt and Transport Ship "Borda" and in England and extensive service in the field in France.
Promoted to Head Sister 01 March, 1916.
Alice was mentioned in despatches receiving two Oak Leaves (One Large and one Small on 26 Sept 1920).
Sister A.G. Douglas, who has secured a Royal Red Cross (2nd Class) was one of the nursing sisters who left Australia with Miss Bell, in 1914. Before leaving for the front she was sister at the Melbourne Hospital, while in Egypt she was attached to No. 1 Australian General Hospital.
It appears that after her military service, but still with the AIF, she was deployed to Ireland. Alice was granted leave from 26/2/1919 to 26/6/1919 with pay and subsistence of 6/- per day; reason Midwifery; Attending Rotunda Hospital in Dublin Ireland.
She returned to Australia per 'Osterley' 06 November 1919
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