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WATSON, Edith Avice
Personal Details
| Other Name: | WATSON, Edith Alicia |
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| Service Number: | Staff Nurse |
| Enlisted: | 20 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Staff Nurse |
| Last Unit: | No. 4 Australian Auxiliary Hospital |
| Born: | Minyip, Victoria, Australia, 1876 |
| Home Town: | Canterbury, Boroondara, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Nurse |
| Died: | Natural Causes, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 10 October 1966 |
| Cemetery: |
Box Hill General Cemetery, Victoria Plot M-NS-0308 |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 20 Jul 1915: | Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Staff Nurse, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) | |
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| 11 Aug 1915: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 11 Aug 1915: | Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), RMS Orontes, Fremantle | |
| 12 Mar 1916: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Staff Nurse, No. 4 Australian Auxiliary Hospital | |
| 31 Mar 1917: | Wounded Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, 31.3.1917: Invalided to Australia Served in Abbassia, Egypt and England | |
| 27 Sep 1917: | Discharged Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal. |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sandra Barry
Edith was the daughter of George Watson and Jane Watson nee Sanders, 14 Golding Street, Canterbury, Vic.