Edith Avice WATSON

WATSON, Edith Avice

Other Name: WATSON, Edith Alicia
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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World War 1 Service

20 Jul 1915: Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Staff Nurse, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1)
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.

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Biography contributed by Sandra Barry

Edith was the daughter of George Watson and Jane Watson nee Sanders, 14 Golding Street, Canterbury, Vic.