THOMPSON, Alice Jane
| Service Number: | Staff Nurse |
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| Enlisted: | 20 March 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Staff Nurse |
| Last Unit: | 1st Australian General Hospital |
| Born: | Balgownie, New South Wales, Australia, 1 July 1893 |
| Home Town: | Balgownie, Wollongong, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Nurse |
| Died: | Poison, Dunedoo, New South Wales, Australia, 7 June 1922, aged 28 years |
| Cemetery: |
Wollongong Cemetery, NSW Methodist Cemetery |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Mar 1917: | Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Staff Nurse, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) | |
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| 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: | Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), RMS Mooltan, Sydney | |
| 16 Jan 1919: | Discharged Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, 1st Australian General Hospital, Appointment terminated due to marriage. | |
| 24 Jan 1919: | Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, 1st Australian General Hospital, HMHS Delta, Devonport for return to Australia - arrived Melbourne 7 March 1919, then to Sydney, disembarking 22 March 1919 after quarantine for influenza. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Daughter of Thomas THOMPSON and Caroline nee CRAM
Of ‘Melba’ School St, Balgownie, NSW
Resigned 16 January 1919 due to marriage
Married Dr. Theophilus George ALLEN 16 January 1919 at St. George Hanover Square, England
Awarded Greek Medal for Military Merit
Date of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 19 February 1920
Location in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: Page 190, position 21
Date of London Gazette: 26 November 1919
Location in London Gazette: Page 12641, position 2
Also on Saturday, Mr. and Mrs. T. Thompson had the pleasure of receiving their daughter, Sister Alice Allen (nee Thompson), home from the Salonica front, where she was put in a very trying time in nursing the sick and wounded soldiers, having Serbs, Roumanians, Greeks, Bulgars as well as French, English, Germans, Austrians and Italians amongst her patients. So one can guess how difficult the task, so many tongues and languages she could not understand, and in a most unhealthy climate as well. The committee met Sister Thompson at Wollongong Station with motor cars (Caldwell's and Week's), and after going down Crown-street with a returned Wollongong soldier headed by the band,I returned to Grain's in Upper Crown-st., who are her uncles and aunts, where they received her with open arms. Refreshments were served, and after a short rest she was conveyed to Balgownie, where there was a very large gathering of citizens, also the Brass Band, awaiting to meet her. These were most enthusiastic, hands being extended from all sides for a welcoming, grip of the courageous nurse, who went so far from all she loved to help her country in the Great War. The Band led a procession to her home, where Mr. R. Morgan B and Mr. D. Emery on behalf of the citizens gave a short address of welcome to the Balgownie nurse, which was received with continuous cheers for Nurse Allen and her parents, also her husband, Dr. Allen, who is still on duty at the front. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson, to show their joy, had a large marquee tent erected and invited a large number of citizens and friends ta a well laid tea table to partake of the welcome home tea to their daughter. Until the small hours of the morning a most enjoyable gathering was in operation, which will long live in the memory of those present.
South Coast Times and Woolongong Argus Friday 28 March 1919 page 7
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