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RUSSELL, Maude
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | 29 January 1917, Matron No 8 Section Sea Transport Duty on ship “Wyreema’ throughout war service |
| Last Rank: | Matron |
| Last Unit: | Sea Transport Staff |
| Born: | Auckland, New Zealand, 1881 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 29 Jan 1917: | Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Matron, Sea Transport Staff, Matron No 8 Section Sea Transport Duty on ship “Wyreema’ throughout war service | |
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| 25 Jul 1917: | Honoured Royal Red Cross (2nd Class), Awarded Royal Red Cross 2nd Class Date of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 25 July 1917 Location in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: Page 1544, position 37 Date of London Gazette: 23 February 1917 Location in London Gazette: Page 1953, position 1 | |
| 14 Oct 1918: | Involvement Sea Transport Staff, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Wyreema embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 14 Oct 1918: | Embarked Sea Transport Staff, SS Wyreema, Sydney | |
| 1 Jan 1919: | Discharged Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Matron, Sea Transport Staff |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sandra Barry
Maude enlisted as a Matron with the Australian Army Nursing Service on 29.1.1917 and embarked on 14.10.1918 in Sydney per “Wyreema”. She was the Matron for No 8 Section Sea Transport on duty on Ship “Wyreema”.
Awarded Royal Red Cross (Second class) 25.7.1917.
(Information provided by Australian Nurses in World War 1)
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