GROVE, Myra Annie
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | 23 May 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Staff Nurse |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) |
| Born: | Cobram, Victoria, Australia, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Warragul, Baw Baw, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Nurse |
| Died: | Warragul, Victoria, Australia, 18 April 1952, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Warragul Cemetery, Victoria, Australia Plot COE-K-42 Myra Annie Ireland |
| Memorials: | Bendigo Base Hospital Roll of Honour, Warragul Great European War Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 23 May 1917: | Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse | |
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| 12 Jun 1917: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Mooltan embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 12 Jun 1917: | Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), RMS Mooltan, Melbourne | |
| 3 Jul 1920: | Discharged Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Discharged as medically unfit |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sandra Barry
Married in 1932 to Robert Ireland.
Biography
Daughter of Thomas E and Catherine Graham GROVE
Of 'Myirlee', Warragul.
Age 25, Trained Nurse, single, Church of England.
Sister of Lance Corporal 546 Thomas Lester Grove who was killed in action with the 8 Light Horse Regiment 1 December 1917, and cousin of Trooper 1291A Ellis Charles Thomas Grove, 11 Light Horse Regiment who died of wounds 23 May 1916.
Enlisted Melbourne 23 May 1917.
Embarked Melbourne per RMS Mooltan on 12 June 1917.
Serviced in Salonica, Greece, Egypt.
Awarded the 1914-1915 British War Medal and Allied Victory Medal.
Returned to Australia per Hungaria on 31 May 1919.
Discharged as medically unfit on 3 July 1920.
Died 8 April 1952.
Name included on the Warragul Shire Honour Board.
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