LOMMAN, Dora Paull
| Service Number: | Staff Nurse |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 19 November 1917, Keswick, SA |
| Last Rank: | Staff Nurse |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) |
| Born: | Wirrabara, South Australia, 16 November 1893 |
| Home Town: | Unley, Unley, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Wirrabara Forest, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Nurse |
| Died: | Ovarian Cancer, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, 24 August 1958, aged 64 years |
| Cemetery: |
Mitcham Cemetery, S.A. Section B, Plot 202 |
| Memorials: | Keswick South Australian Army Nurses Roll of Honor, Unley Town Hall WW1 Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Nov 1917: | Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Staff Nurse, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Keswick, SA | |
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| 26 Nov 1917: | Involvement Staff Nurse, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: SS Indarra embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 26 Nov 1917: | Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), SS Indarra, Melbourne | |
| 26 Aug 1919: | Discharged Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Daughter of Joshua LOMMAN and Elizabeth Mary nee PAULL
Trained at North Adelaide Children’s Hospital for three years
Saw War Service in India
Appendix removed by operation in India October 1918, followed by 10 weeks of Influenza
Invalided to Australia 28 February 1919 per “City of Cairo” and Medically discharged 26 August 1919
After Dora came home she trained further at the Adelaide Children’s Hospital then worked for the Mother's and Babies Health Association at Torrens House for the rest of her working life . She worked (and lived) on the Mother and Babies train and visits remote parts of the state providing nursing to new mothers and their babies in the country. She also worked with another friend and former Australian Army Nurse Kath Waterhouse at Torrens House.
Dora remained single all her life and worked until at least the age of 60 with the MBHA and died aged 65 years from Carcinoma Ovary and multiple metastases (1 year).
Resided 15 Opey Avenue, Unley, SA - The Lomman house in Opey Ave Unley was the centre of an extended family.
In Charge of Baby Health Centre on Wheels
The importance of work done by the Mothers and Babies' Health Association in country districts of South Australia was pointed out by Sister D.P. Lomman, who is in charge of the Baby Health Centre which is nothing more or less than a glorified railway carriage fitted beautifully to served the purpose.
Miss Lomman travels on the train along the northern line in South Australia, and her carriage is unhitched from the main section of the train and run on to branch lines at various stations. Here mothers of country and outback bring their infants to be weighed, or to get advice from the sister. The carriage, with its kitchenette, sleeping apartment and lounge, is beautiful. The windows are covered with bright cretonne curtains to match the furniture.
It was this domain that Sister Lomman proudly showed visiting members of the Australian Medical Congress, while the carriage was at the Adelaide railway station.
The Australian Women's Weekly Saturday 18 September 1937 page 47
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