PILKINGTON, Mabel Adeline Rachel
| Service Number: | Sister |
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| Enlisted: | 10 April 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Sister |
| Last Unit: | 1st Australian General Hospital |
| Born: | Cobden, Vic., 16 June 1881 |
| Home Town: | Williamstown (Vic), Hobsons Bay, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Nurse |
| Died: | Vic., 20 August 1956, aged 75 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Box Hill General Cemetery, Victoria (Lorimor) P 142 0044 |
| Memorials: | Bendigo Base Hospital Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Apr 1915: | Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, Sister, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) | |
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| 13 Apr 1915: | Involvement 1st Australian General Hospital, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
| 13 Apr 1915: | Embarked 1st Australian General Hospital, HMAT Kyarra, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Daughter of Robert PILKINGTON and Jessie Elizabeth nee RAEL
Of 'Heatherleigh' Hannan St., Wiliamstown, Vic.
Trained at Bendigo Hospital
Married George Alexander LORIMER
NURSE FOR THE FRONT
St. Arnaud, 20th March
Miss Mabel Pilkington, matron of the St. Arnaud Hospital; and a well-known former nurse of the Bendigo Hospital, where she trained, received an urgent telegram yesterday from the authorities, stating that her services were immediately required for service abroad as a trained nurse. Miss Pilkingtron proceeded to Melbourne yesterday afternoon on a week-end ticket, and she will be back on Monday. Miss Pilkington is expected to leave St. Arnaud finally in a week's time. She has been extremely popular here. The unanimous verdict is that she is the best matron the local hospital has ever had.
Bendigonian Tuesday 23 March 1915 page 13
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