CLARK, Hilda May
| Service Number: | Staff Nurse |
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| Enlisted: | 24 May 1917, Adelaide, SA |
| Last Rank: | Staff Nurse |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) |
| Born: | Bath, SA, 18 October 1879 |
| Home Town: | Exeter, Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Nurse |
| Died: | Rostrevor, SA, 2 April 1952, aged 72 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
West Terrace Cemetery (AIF Section) Section: KO, Road: 17, Site No: 47 |
| 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 |
World War 1 Service
| 24 May 1917: | Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Staff Nurse, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Adelaide, SA | |
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| 31 May 1917: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: RMS Khiva embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 31 May 1917: | Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), RMS Khiva, Adelaide |
New Matron at Estcourt House
ESTCOURT HOUSE
NEW MATRON ON DUTY
Formerly School Teacher Duties of matron. at, Estcourt House, situated between Semaphore and Grange,have been taken over by Sister Hilda Clark. As most of the inmates are children, her previous training as a school teacher should stand her in good stead in her new appointment. Sister Clark was born at Charlton street, Exeter. Her father, the late Mr. John Clark, was manager for many years of the store of Harrold Bros. at Port Adelaide. Later he was a customs and shipping agent. For a number of years Sister Clark taught at country schools subsidised by the Government and later took up music teaching at Semaphore.
War Experience
Deciding to adopt the nursing profession she joined Adelaide Hospital staff. For three years before the war she was a charge nurse at that institution. At the outbreak of war she enlisted for active service with the Australian Army Nursing Service. With a batch of other Australian nurses she was sent to India for duty with the 37th Welsh General Hospital, and was stationed there for two years. On account of an influenza epidemic she served in Egypt for a short time before going to England for further service with a British Army hospital at Dartford. On returning in 1918 she was appointed matron of Hutchinson Hospital Gawler, a post she occupied for three years. She served in a similar capacity at Bedford Park for 10 months. Later she trained further experience in leading Sydney and Melbourne hospitals and for a time was resident nurse at Methodist Ladies' College, Melbourne.
Active Life Preferred
"I much prefer the active work of a nurse to the sedentary occupation of a teacher with its endless examination system." remarked Sister Clark today."I was first attracted by the systematic way in which everything was done by nurses. While there is always something new to learn the examinations are limited to a period of years. On the other hand the teacher no sooner finishes one examination than another has to be prepared for."
News Wednesday 04 March 1931 page 8
Submitted 16 February 2016 by Faithe Jones
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
Daughter of John Christian CLARK and Mary Ann nee ALLEN
Did not marry
ESTCOURT HOUSE
NEW MATRON ON DUTY
Formerly School Teacher Duties of matron. at, Estcourt House, situated between Semaphore and Grange, have been taken over by Sister Hilda Clark. As most of the inmates are children, her previous training as a school teacher should stand her in good stead in her new appointment. Sister Clark was born at Charlton street, Exeter. Her father, the late Mr. John Clark, was manager for many years of the store of Harrold Bros. at Port Adelaide. Later he was a customs and shipping agent. For a number of years Sister Clark taught at country schools subsidised by the Government and later took up music teaching at Semaphore.
War Experience
Deciding to adopt the nursing profession she joined Adelaide Hospital staff. For three years before the war she was a charge nurse at that institution. At the outbreak of war she enlisted for active service with the Australian Army Nursing Service. With a batch of other Australian nurses she was sent to India for duty with the 37th Welsh General Hospital, and was stationed there for two years. On account of an influenza epidemic she served in Egypt for a short time before going to England for further service with a British Army hospital at Dartford. On returning in 1918 she was appointed matron of Hutchinson Hospital Gawler, a post she occupied for three years. She served in a similar capacity at Bedford Park for 10 months. Later she trained further experience in leading Sydney and Melbourne hospitals and for a time was resident nurse at Methodist Ladies' College, Melbourne.
Active Life Preferred
"I much prefer the active work of a nurse to the sedentary occupation of a teacher with its endless examination system." remarked Sister Clark today."I was first attracted by the systematic way in which everything was done by nurses. While there is always something new to learn the examinations are limited to a period of years. On the other hand the teacher no sooner finishes one examination than another has to be prepared for."
News Wednesday 04 March 1931 page 8
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