HARVEY, Ada Irene
| 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: | New South Wales, Australia, 1890 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia, 2 September 1965, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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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 Sandra Barry
Ada was the daughter of James Jabez Harvey and Mary Elizabeth Harvey nee Anderson.
Ada enlisted as a Staff Nurse with the Australian Army Nursing Service on 24.5.1917 and embarked Melbourne per “Mooltan” on 12.6.1917. Resigned appointment due to marriage on 6.2.1918.
Ada married Ernest Denny Logie DANSON (Bishop of Laubuan and Sarawak) living in Kuching, Sarawak. He was later Bishop of Edinburgh and later Primus of Scotland. He died in Scotland in 1946 and at some after that Ada returned to Australia.
Ada passed away on 2.9.1965 in Parramatta.
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