Nellie LEAKE ARRC, MiD

LEAKE, Nellie

Service Number: AANS
Enlisted: 26 April 1915, Place of enlistment - Sydney
Last Rank: Sister
Last Unit: Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1)
Born: Orange, New South Wales, 4 September 1882
Home Town: Orange, Orange Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling: Trained at Sydney Hospital 1905 to 1909 and was appointed as a Sister at Callan Park Hospital in 1910.
Occupation: Trained Nurse
Died: Kew, Melbourne Victoria, 22 July 1958, aged 75 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne
Memorials: Orange Holy Trinity Anglican Church Honour Board, Orange WW1 Honour Board
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World War 1 Service

26 Apr 1915: Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, AANS, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Place of enlistment - Sydney
15 May 1915: Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, AANS, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Embarked on RMS Mooltan from Sydney on 15th May 1915.
27 Jan 1916: Transferred Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Service record not clear, Nurse Leake would have arrived in Egypt sometime in July 1915. Information states she served with 3rd Australian General Hospital at Mudros. Service record shows her returning to Alexandria on 27th January 1916.
  • February 1916 - posted to 3rd Australian General Hospital, Abbassia
  • 5th October 1916 - 3rd Australian General Hospital relocated to Brighton, England
  • 20th November 1916 - 3rd December 1916 - granted leave
  • 1 Jan 1917: Honoured Royal Red Cross (2nd Class), 'Distinguished services rendered during the period of General A. J. Murray's Command of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force'
    11 Apr 1917: Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, AANS, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Proceeded to France on Londonderry from Southampton on 11th April 1917 to join British Expeditionary Force.
    5 May 1917: Promoted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1)
    7 May 1917: Transferred Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1),
  • 7th May 1917 - posted to No 1 South African General Hospital, Abbeville France
  • 5th June 1917 - posted to No 1 Australian Casualty Clearing Station
  • 13th July 1917 - posted to No 10 Stationary Hospital
  • 14th February 1918 - 28th February 1918 - on leave in Paris
  • 3rd March 1918 - posted to No 6 Stationary Hospital
  • 27th April 1918 - posted to 13th Australian Casualty Clearing Station
  • 8th June 1918 - posted to No 11 Australian Casualty Clearing Station
  • 3rd July 1918 - admitted to hospital with Debility
  • 6th July 1918 - transferred to England and admitted to Mrs T.S. Hall Hospital for Australian Nurses at 12 Southwell Gardens South Kensington. Nurse Leake was discharged after a week of convalescence
  • 13th July 1918 - posted to 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford
  • 19 Jul 1917: Transferred Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1),
  • 19th July 1917 - posted to 25th General Hospital
  • 16th August 1917 - posted to 3rd Australian General Hospital
  • 13 Apr 1919: Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, AANS, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Embarked for return to Australia on SS Wyreema from England on 13th April 1919, disembarking Sydney on 5th June 1919
    2 Aug 1919: Discharged Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, AANS, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1)

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    Biography contributed by Daryl Jones

    Daughter of Elizabeth LEAKE of Anson Street, Orange New South Wales.

    After her discharge Leake continued her nursing career as a civilian, rising to the rank of Matron. On 17 May 1949 she was awarded the Imperial Service Medal for her work as Matron in the NSW Public Health Department.