HOOK, Daisy May
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | 7 June 1917, Enlisted at Keswick, SA |
| Last Rank: | Sister |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) |
| Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 9 March 1887 |
| Home Town: | Glanville, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Nurse |
| Died: | South Australia, 23 December 1982, aged 95 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia RSL Walls, Wall 115, Niche H013 |
| Memorials: | Keswick South Australian Army Nurses Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Jun 1917: | Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Enlisted at Keswick, SA | |
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| 14 Jun 1917: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: RMS Mooltan embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 14 Jun 1917: | Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), RMS Mooltan, Adelaide | |
| 14 Jun 1919: | Discharged Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Discharged at the 4th Military District as medically unfit |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Kathleen Bambridge
St Columba"s Hawthorne SA was the scene of a very pretty wedding on the evening of March 11 1922 between Alan Cameron walker Esq, of Huonden Macquirie Street Hobart, Tasmania and Sister DM Hook, who prior to her marriage was Matron of Walwa Private Hospital Fullarton. Rev JW Clarke MM officiated at the ceremony and Mr Winsloe Hall the church organist presided at the organ the church having been beautifully decorated for the occasion. The bride entered on the arm brother and looked charming in the frock of creme charmeuse, with becoming touches of silver and pearl; a veil finished with Venetian rose point lace and wreath of orange blossom and wearing a pendent that was a gift from the bridegroom. Her sister Adelaide Hook was her bridesmaid. The wedding night was spent at Mount Lofty. On the 13 April 1922 they were travelling on the SS Narkunda for England. Matron Uren RRC entertained a farewell tes for Sister Hook. Diggers Gazett 7 April 1922 p.46.
Sister Hook is recuperating at Mount Lofty after her illness and at the end of the monthhas arranged to go to Pipiriki, Port Victoria with Mr and Mts Cheadle 1922.
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
Daughter of Frederick Ernest Hook and Elizabeth Ann Hook nee McDonald of Glanville, SA
Commenced return to Australia on 22 December 1918 aboard HT Leicestshire disembarking at Melbourne on 22 January 1919 for onward travel to Adelaide
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal. Possibly entitled to the 1914-1915 Star but this would have been issued from London
On 5 August 1914 Daisy had enlisted at Adelaide and embarked on 8 April 1915 she left Australia to join the Queen Alexandria Imperial Service. As well as serving in Cairo and Port Said she also served on the hospital ships Assaze and Morea. She resigned and returned to Australia then re-enlisted in Australia in 1917
Residential address at the time of her death was Toorak Gardens, SA
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