SEMPLE, (Agnes) May
| Service Number: | Staff Nurse |
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| Enlisted: | 17 January 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Staff Nurse |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) |
| Born: | Kilmore, Vic., 1885 |
| Home Town: | Kilmore, Mitchell, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Nurse |
| Died: | Short Illness, Kilmore, Vic., 24 September 1954 |
| Cemetery: |
Kilmore Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Jan 1917: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Omrah embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
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| 17 Jan 1917: | Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), RMS Omrah, Melbourne | |
| 17 Jan 1917: | Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Staff Nurse, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Daughter of Dr. William Henry SEMPLE and Ann nee DEVON
Of Powlett St, Kilmore, Victoria
May trained for 3 yearst at St Vincent's Hospital.
After returning to Australia her appointment being terminated 9 May 1919 she served in WWI with QARNNS (Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service) aboard HMHS 'Gerusalemme'.
She did not marry.
The death occurred on Friday last of a well known and highly respected resident in the person of Miss Agnes May Semple, after a short illness. The late Miss Semple was a daughter of the late Dr. and Mrs. W. H. Semple, of Kilmore, and had spent the greater portion of her life in the town. A trained nurse, the deceased served overseas with the Australian Army' Nursing Service during the 1914-18 war and on her return to Australia she carried on with her nursing career, and always retained a very keen interest in the welfare of 1914-18 Diggers. The late Miss Semple took an active interest in her Church and local organisations for some years until failing health prevented her active association in such. She is survived by one sister (Mrs. J. J. Ryan, Kilmore). A sister (Mary) and brother (Dr.John Semple) predeceased her. The interment was made in the Kilmore General Cemetery on Monday after a service at Christ Church, Kilmore, and the funeral was attended by many old friends and former service members of the two World Wars. The services at the Church and graveside were conducted by the Rev. G. Smith Grey and the R.S.L. Service was read by Mr. L. V. Smith. The Last Post and Reveille was sounded by Mr. R. J. Glanville and ex-servicemen of the two World Wars were the pallbearers.
Kilmore Free Press Thursday 30 September 1954 page 4