SHORNEY, Victoria Helena
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | 5 November 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF |
| Born: | Adelaide, SA, 1 March 1866 |
| Home Town: | North Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Masseuse |
| Died: | North Adelaide, SA, 2 April 1939, aged 73 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
West Terrace Cemetery (General) Adelaide, South Australia Cremation only |
| Memorials: | Keswick South Australian Army Nurses Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1 | |
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| 12 Nov 1915: | Involvement 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
| 12 Nov 1915: | Embarked 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF, HMAT Orsova, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
Daughter of Thomas DE CEAN and Helen nee FOLLETT
Victoria had been married to Arthur SHORNEY and widowed prior to her enlistment and trained in the Melbourne and Adelaide Hospitals. After returning fromt he war she married Frederick Henry WURM in 1918.
MRS. V. H. WURM PASSES
Death In Adelaide Private Hospital
General regret was expressed in Pirieat the week-end when it became known that Mrs. Victoria Helena Wurm had died on Saturday in an Adelaide private hospital. She was 73 years of age.
Mrs. Wurm, who had lived in Pirie early 20 years, left here for Adelaide soon after the death last year of her husband—Mr. Fred H. Wurm. For several years her health had been failing, and for some time before her death she had been practically without sight.
Mrs. Wurm was best known for her practical work in the cause of humanity. She spent the greater part of her life studying and practising the art of the masseuse. Many folk fit and well today have reason to thank, her skilled hands.
Born Victoria Helena De Cean, she was a South Australian. Early in life her thoughts turned to the nursing profession, and she sought training.
Her first marriage, was to Mr. Arthur Shorney, brother of Dr. Shorney, a specialist, of Adelaide, and she lived at Semaphore some years.
Left a widow, she entered Adelaide Hospital as a masseuse and achieved an enviable reputation. Her skill caused her services to be in constant demand, and her credentials took her to an important post in Melbourne.
On Active Service
Soon after war broke out in 1914 and Australian nurses were called for, Mrs. Wurm enlisted and proceeded overseas, where she gave valuable service in massaging.
On her return to Australia she married Mr. Wurm, whom she had known for many, years, and settled down with him in Balmoral road, Pirie South.
She became deeply interested in the work of Pirie Ladies' Benevolent Society, with which she spent six years, filling the post of secretary for a period.
She was indefatigable in her work, and amazed her friends with her vitality. Her skilled hands were seldom still. Failing Health and eye sight forced her to withdraw in later years.
It is stated that a few days ago she had a fall at the hospital and fractured a leg. She rapidly sank and died on Saturday.
The remains were taken from the residence of a nephew, Mr. L. De Cean, Branareth street, Tusmore, yesterday afternoon for cremation.
The Recorder Monday 03 April 1939 page 2