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RUSH, Edith Danson
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | 26 April 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Sister |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Australian General Hospital - WW1 |
| Born: | Glebe, New South Wales, Australia, 1881 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Waverley, New South Wales, Australia, 26 May 1965, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park, NSW Plot Eastern Drive Walls, Wall G, Position 122 Edith Danson Rush Mullarkey |
| Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 26 Apr 1915: | Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse | |
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| 15 May 1915: | Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), 3rd Australian General Hospital - WW1, RMS Mooltan, Sydney | |
| 15 May 1915: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), 3rd Australian General Hospital - WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Mooltan embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 1 Jan 1917: | Honoured Royal Red Cross (2nd Class), Awarded Royal Red Cross 2nd Class Date of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 29 June 1917 Location in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: Page 1390, position 87 Date of London Gazette: 1 January 1917 Location in London Gazette: Page 47, position 8 | |
| 19 Apr 1917: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches, Mentioned in despatches Date of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 19 April 1917 Location in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: Page 926, position 114 Date of London Gazette: 1 December 1916 Location in London Gazette: Page 11808, position 44 | |
| 15 May 1917: | Promoted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister | |
| 21 May 1917: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, Served in London with 2nd AGH and 3rd AGH | |
| 25 May 1917: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, Served in France to 18.6.1918 | |
| 6 Jun 1920: | Discharged Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal. |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sandra Barry
Edith was the daughter of William Clay Rush and Charlotte Elizabeth Rush nee Benson.
Married in 1925 to Richard Leslie Mullarkey.