WOODS, Margaret
| Service Number: | Sister |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 21 November 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Sister |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF |
| Born: | Inverell, New South Wales, Australia, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Moree, Moree Plains, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Sister |
| Died: | Complications with childbirth, Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia, 23 December 1920, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Waverley Cemetery, Bronte, New South Wales W-14-CE-SP-7354 Margaret Ann Foster |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Nov 1914: | Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister | |
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| 24 Nov 1914: | Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, Sister, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) | |
| 28 Nov 1914: | Involvement 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
| 28 Nov 1914: | Embarked 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF, HMAT Kyarra, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Daughter of William WOODS and Catherine nee KIRK
Of ‘Wood Oark’, Ashley via Moree, NSW
Married Colonel William James FOSTER
Died 23 December 1920 in childbirth
She gave birth to twin boys on the same day as she died (one twin survived). Her husband died in 1927.
Her only child William James Woods Foster was a gunner in the Australian Army in WW2 and he survived the war.
Awarded Royal Red Cross 2nd Class
Date of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 23 May 1919
Location in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: Page 890, position 45
Date of London Gazette: 1 January 1919
Location in London Gazette: Page 58, position 6
Sister M Woods Honored
Sister M Woods, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Woods, of Woodpark, Moree, has been awarded the Royal Red Cross. Sister Woods has been on active service for over four years.
The Voice of the North Friday 7 February 1919 page 7
DEATH OF MRS. W.J. FOSTER
The death occurred at a private hospital yesterday, of Mrs. W. J. Foster, wife of Colonel Foster. Mrs. Foster will be remembered as Sister M. Woods, R.R.C., eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Woods, of Wood Park, Moree. She served with the A.I.F. in Egypt and England, and saw five years active service. Colonel Foster is at present in England, but is to leave by the Osterley next month for Australia.
Maitland Daily Mercury Friday 24 December 1920 page 4
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