HETHERINGTON, Lillian
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 19 January 1882 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Nurse |
| Died: | Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia, 2 October 1953, aged 71 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW Plot: Crescent Court Wall 5 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 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: '' | |
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| 9 Jun 1917: | Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), RMS Mooltan, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Eileen Strikwerda
Lillian was born on 19 January 1882 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, the much loved daughter of Thomas Albert Hetherington (1835–1896) and Jessie Elizabeth Smith (1850–1942)Her siblings were Thomas Albert Hetherington, Edith Alice (Hetherington) Richards, William Alfred Hetherington, Jessie Mabel (Hetherington) Martin, Alfred Robert Hetherington and Elsie Mildred (Hetherington) Starr and the Aunt of many nephews and nieces.
The following details not fully verbatum but are taken from her Obituary on Page 2 of the Warwick Daily News (Qld.: Dated: Sat 10 Oct 1953.
"She was a war nurse in the 1914-18 war where she served with honour, and in recognition of her services in Salonika, Greece, she was awarded a Military Medal by the Greek Government".
After returning home after the war, to Sydney, she continued with her nursing career, before taking up the Matron Position at the Warwick Hospital in 1931, where she worked up until her retirement on 5 January 1948. She returned to her hometown of Sydney where she lived until her death.
Lillian died suddenly in Sydney on 2 October 1953 and was cremated at the Northern Suburbs Crematorium, North Ryde, New South Wales, Australia where her ashes are interred in the Crescent Court Wall 5.
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