Mildred GADEN

GADEN, Mildred

Service Number: Sister
Enlisted: 10 November 1917
Last Rank: Nursing Sister
Last Unit: Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1)
Born: Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia, 13 August 1893
Home Town: Mount Gambier, Mount Gambier, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Nursing Sister
Memorials: Mount Gambier Knight & Cleve Pictorial Honour Rolls
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World War 1 Service

10 Nov 1917: Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Nursing Sister, Sister, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1)
26 Nov 1917: Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Nursing Sister, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: SS Indarra embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Born Hannah Mildred GADEN on 13 August 1893 at Mount Gambier, SA
Daughter of Charles Henry (Carl Heinrich) GADEN and Anna Matilda nee UNGER
Of Mount Gambier, SA

Served in India
Became dangerously ill with influenza October 1918
Promoted to Sister 26 November 1919
Returned to Australia per “Charon” 19 January 1920
Appointment Terminated 06 May 1920
Married George CROOKES (a diamond millionaire) and lived in Durban, South Africa
Address 1973 – Victoria Institute, Hof St., Cape Town, South Africa

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