MCKENNA, Nellie
| Other Name: | LEAHY, Ellen - Birth/Married Name |
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| Service Number: | Staff Nurse |
| Enlisted: | 12 June 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Staff Nurse |
| Last Unit: | Hospital Transport Corps |
| Born: | Shepparton, Victoria, Australia, 22 July 1889 |
| Home Town: | Shepparton, Greater Shepparton, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Nurse |
| Died: | Natural Causes, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England, 28 May 1977, aged 87 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 12 Jun 1915: | Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Staff Nurse, Staff for No 1 Hospital Ship 'Karoola' | |
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| 17 Jul 1915: | Embarked 1st Australian Convalescent Depot (AIF), HMAT Orsova, Melbourne | |
| 17 Jul 1915: | Involvement 1st Australian Convalescent Depot (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
| 26 Feb 1919: | Involvement Hospital Transport Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Karoola embarkation_ship_number: No 1 Hospital Ship public_note: '' | |
| 26 Feb 1919: | Embarked Hospital Transport Corps, HMAT Karoola, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Born Ellen McKENNA 22 July 1889 at Shepparton, Vic.
Daughter of Dr. Jeremiah McKENNA and Elizabeth nee O'CALLAGAN of Emort Rd, East Malvern, Victoria
Nellie trained for 3 years at Melbourne Children's Hospital before enlisting in June 1915. Embarking in July 1915 per 'Orsova' she served in Convalescent depot, Harefield Park, London & England & Special reinforcements in England & France and returned to Australia in June 1918 with her appointment terminated 25 November 1918.
Re-enlisted in February 1919 she embarked 26 February 1919 from Melbourne per Hospital Ship ‘Karoola’.
Nellie resigned her appointment abroad 20 August 1919 due to marriage to Dr. Henry George LEAHY. She was widowed in 1940 and eventually died 28th May 1977 at St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England.
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