Edith Henrietta BEST

BEST, Edith Henrietta

Service Numbers: Not yet discovered
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Not yet discovered
Last Unit: Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1)
Born: Nowra, New South Wales, Australia, 1883
Home Town: Not yet discovered
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Nurse
Died: Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia, 4 August 1962, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW
PLOT Niche wall OA, Site 59
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World War 1 Service

9 Dec 1916: Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Kaiser-i-Hind embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
9 Dec 1916: Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), SS Kaiser-i-Hind, Sydney

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Biography

Sister
AANS

Born 1883 at Nowra, NSW
Daughter of Reverend Joseph and Henrietta A BEST
Of St. James Rectory, Croydon, NSW
Enlisted 29 September 1916 at Sydney, NSW
Aged 35 years
Embarked 09 December 1916 per 'Kaiser-i-Hind' from Sydney
Served in Egypt
Returned to Australia 12 November 1919 per 'Port Sydney'
Appointment terminated 28 November 1919
Did not marry
Died 1962 in NSW