Laura May APPLETON

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APPLETON, Laura May

Service Number:	Staff Nurse
Enlisted:	19 July 1917
Last Rank:	Staff Nurse
Last Unit:	Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1)
Born:	MacArthur, Victoria, Australia, 20 April 1884
Home Town:	Geelong, Greater Geelong, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Nurse
Died:	Victoria, Australia, 29 November 1975, aged 91 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Banksia Wall J Niche 770
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World War 1 Service

19 Jul 1917:	Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Staff Nurse, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1)
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

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Biography

Daughter of Arthur William APPLETON and Sarah Ann nee LEWIS
Of Brunel Street, East Malvern
Occupation prior to enlistment Nurse at Somerton Private Hospital, Skene Street, Newtown, Geelong
Embarked 31 August 1917 from Sydney per 'Wiltshire'
Served in Egypt
Returned to Australia 10 February 1920 per 'Port Napier'
Appointment terminated 02 September 1920

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