TEASDALE, Mary Nicholson
| Service Number: | Sister |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 14 March 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Sister |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) |
| Born: | Moonta, SA, 1876 |
| Home Town: | East Perth, Perth Water, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Nurse |
| Died: | WA, 18 February 1949, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Wesleyan BA 0415 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Mar 1917: | Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, Sister, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) | |
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| 30 Mar 1917: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Kanowna embarkation_ship_number: A61 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Mar 1917: | Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), HMAT Kanowna, Fremantle |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Daughter of Anthony Nicholson RUDDICK and Agnes Sprout nee WILSON
Family changed their surname to TEASDALE
Mother Agnes TEASDALE
Of 17 Bennett St, East Perth
Did not marry
Many War Nurses Disabled
Nearly 60 women are among the 3000-odd members in Australia of the Totally and Permanently Disabled Soldiers' Association.
All are former Army nurses who, because of war-caused disabilities, are unable to work. Some branches have granted them honorary membership. The two women of WA's 270 members are Sister Mary Teasdale, now in Hollywood Repatriation General Hospital, and Sister Kathleen Ryan, both veteran nurses of World War I. A third member, Sister E. Chadwick, died a few months ago.
The Daily News Wednesday 7 April 1948 page 3
76 Nursed Anzacs
The Anzacs who stormed the cliffs of Gallipoli 33 years ago are a live memory to former Army nursing sister 76-year-old Mary Nicholson Teasdale. She nursed the original Anzacs at Egypt, Cairo and Port Said. Now a patient at Hollywood General Repatriation Hospital, she smiled reminiscently at the mention of Anzac Day. Her great regret: She will not be able to attend the Dawn Service. Her opinion: 'The boys of World War II are treated far better than those of World War I, especially the disabled men.
The Daily News Saturday 24 April 1948 page 6
Nurse Of World War I Dies
Sister Mary Nicholson Teasdale (76), a returned Army nurse from World War I, died yesterday at Hollywood Repatriation Hospital. With Sister M. Briggs, of Ventnor-ave., West Perth, Sister Teasdale left Australia in 1917 and served in Egypt. After she returned to WA when the war ended, Sister Teasdale worked as matron at numerous country hospitals.
The Daily News Saturday 19 February 1949 page 3