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MCCARTNEY, Letitia Margaret
Personal Details
| Service Number: | Staff Nurse |
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| Enlisted: | 12 July 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Staff Nurse |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) |
| Born: | Lake Bolac, Vic., 19 May 1881 |
| Home Town: | St James, Moira, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Nurse |
| Died: | Natural Causes, 11 January 1967, aged 85 years, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Devenish Cemetery PRES, B/123 |
| Memorials: | Mooroopna District Hospital Staff & Trainees Pictorial Honour Roll, Mooroopna War Memorial, St James WWI Honour Roll |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 12 Jul 1917: | Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Staff Nurse, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) | |
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| 31 Aug 1917: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
| 31 Aug 1917: | Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney | |
| 6 Oct 1917: | Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Disembarked from Australia ex Wiltshire for Suez | |
| 12 Oct 1917: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, 19th General Hospital joined for Duty at Alexandria | |
| 13 Jun 1918: | Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Embarked for Salonika "Gorgon" for Port Said | |
| 21 Sep 1918: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, For duty at 42nd General Hospital | |
| 4 Feb 1919: | Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Embarked to Egypt per "Gorgon" | |
| 13 Mar 1919: | Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Embark Kantara per H.T. "Ulmarra" for Australia | |
| 19 Aug 1919: | Discharged Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War medal and Victory Medal |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
Daughter of John MCCARTNEY and Letitia nee IRWIN of Nelson Park, St. James, Victoria
She had trained for 3 years at the Mooroopna Hospital.
Letitia married Andrew STEWART in 1919 and was residing at Boxwood Victoria at the time of her death.
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