Olivia Iris RYAN

RYAN, Olivia Iris

Service Numbers: Not yet discovered
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Not yet discovered
Last Unit: Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1)
Born: Rochester, Victoria, Australia, 14 January 1890
Home Town: Not yet discovered
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Mount Macedon, Victoria, Australia, 14 December 1951, aged 61 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Melbourne General Cemetery, Carlton, Victoria
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World War 1 Service

16 Oct 1918: Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Malta embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
16 Oct 1918: Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), SS Malta, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Sandra Barry

Olivia enlisted as a Staff Nurse with the Australian Army Nursing Service and embarked from Sydney on 16.10.1918 per "Malta". Saw service in India.  Dangerously ill with Paratyphiod and Malaria September 1919.  Returned to Australia on 1.1.2.1919 per “Medic” and was Discharged on 8.5.1921 (medical discharge). Medal: British War Medal.

In 1923 Olivia married John Joseph Ryan.

(Information provided by Australian Nurses in World War 1).