Lillian Howard ALTON

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ALTON, Lillian Howard

Service Number:	Sister
Enlisted:	2 June 1917, Brisbane, Qld.
Last Rank:	Sister
Last Unit:	Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1)
Born:	Brisbane, Qld., 1882
Home Town:	West End, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Nurse
Died:	Natural Causes, Brisbane, Qld., 7 November 1976
Cemetery:	Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland Columbarium 12/Section 17.
Memorials:	Boonah War Memorial, Queensland Australian Army Nursing Service Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

2 Jun 1917:	Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Sister, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Brisbane, Qld.
9 Jun 1917:	Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), RMS Mooltan, Sydney
9 Jun 1917:	Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Mooltan embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
9 Jun 1917:	Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1)
17 Jul 1917:	Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, 14th Australian General Hospital, Disembarked Ship: R.M.S Mooltan, 19/07/1917, Suez, Egypt.
23 Jun 1919:	Promoted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, 14th Australian General Hospital, (NAA, Pg-10) Service Record of Sister: Lillian Howard ALTON.
9 Mar 1920:	Discharged Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Discharged: 1st Medical District, Brisbane, Qld. (Pg's, 8,9) Service Record of Sister: Lillian Howard ALTON.

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Biography

Born 1882 at Brisbane, Qld.
Daughter of Ralph Anderson ALTON and Mary nee HOWARD
Of 'Narelle', Montague Road, West End, Qld.
Returned to Australia 30 January 1920 per 'Shropshire'
Appointment terminated 09 March 1920
Married Arthur Edgar HOUSTON in 1930 in Queensland
Arthur died in 1940
Lillian later remarried to Robert SHACKLETON in 1945 in Queensland.
Lillian died 07 November 1976 in Queensland

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