BELL, Linda
| Service Number: | Sister |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Sister |
| Last Unit: | Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve (QAIMNSR) |
| Born: | Qld., 21 August 1883 |
| Home Town: | Kangaroo Point, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Nurse |
| Died: | Qld., 11 September 1971, aged 88 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Queensland Australian Army Nursing Service Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| Date unknown: | Involvement British Forces (All Conflicts), Sister, Sister, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve (QAIMNSR), Served in England |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Daughter of George Theodore BELL and Hannah/Anna nee LILLY
Served in England
Returned to Australia 29 May 1918
Did not marry
Nurses Farewell Miss Linda Bell
To say farewell to Miss Linda Bell, who will shortly leave for England, her friends in the nursing profession held an afternoon party at the Brisbane Women's Club yesterday. Zinnias formed the table decorations. Miss Bell, who trained at the Brisbane General Hospital, served in Africa with the British forces and afterwards with the A.I.F. during the Great War. She was the only Australian nurse whose troopship was torpedoed. On her return to Australia Miss Bell became matron of the Anzac Hostel, at Kangaroo Point. Those present at the party included Mrs. M. Spooner, Misses F. Chatfield,O.B.E., C. Sorensen, E. M. Paten, L. G. Perry-Andrews, K. H.Cowen, E. Scanlan, D. Bardsley, A. England, K. Heaven, G. A.Harkness, V. R. Hoskins, and J. Bell. At the monthlymeeting of the Returned Sisters'Sub-branch of the R.S.S.I.L.A. Miss Bell was presented with a bolster travelling bag. She will leave on November 25 in the Moreton Bay, The president(Miss Sadie Mac-Donald) presided.
The Courier Mail Friday 18 November 1938 page 1S
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