Rhoda Mary MCKENDRICK

MCKENDRICK, Rhoda Mary

Service Number: Staff Nurse
Enlisted: 12 September 1916
Last Rank: Staff Nurse
Last Unit: Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1)
Born: Hobart, Tas., 1884
Home Town: Paloona, Kentish, Tasmania
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Nurse
Died: Hobart, Tas., 1968, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Cornelian Bay Cemetery and Crematorium, Tasmania
Church of England HH 88
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World War 1 Service

12 Sep 1916: Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Staff Nurse, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1)
16 Sep 1916: Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Karmala embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
16 Sep 1916: Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), RMS Karmala, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Daughter of John Thomas McKENDRICK and Charlotte nee LEITCH Of Poolana, Tasmania

Served in two different hospitals in Bombay, India before resigning in June 1917 to get married. She became Mrs. Rhoda Holden.

Married Lieutenant Harry Denton HOLDEN 14 June 1917 in Bombay, India

HOLDEN-McKENDRICK. -On June 14, 1917, at English Church, Bombay (by Special Licence), Harry Denton, Lieutenant, (British Army), oldest son of Thomas Richard Holden, Manchestor, England, to Rhoda Mary (A A.N.S.), eldest daughter of John T. McKendrick, Paloona, N.W. Coast, Tasmania.

The Mercury Hobart Tasmania Thursday 2nd August 1917 page 1

 

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