EDDIE, Ida
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Staff Nurse |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) |
| Born: | Winchelsea, Victoria, Australia, 30 March 1890 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Nurse |
| Died: | Blackwater Fever, Assam, India, 29 October 1923, aged 33 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Winchelsea WWI Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 30 Jun 1917: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Somali embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
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| 30 Jun 1917: | Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), RMS Somali, Melbourne | |
| 30 Jul 1917: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Posted to Deccan War Hospital for duty in Poona, India | |
| 11 Dec 1917: | Discharged Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Resigned Appointment 12 December 1917 due to Marriage |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sandra Barry
Ida was the daughter of Doctor Arthur William Eddie and Agnes Eddie nee Moir.
1917 Ida married Dr David Manson of Scotland.
Ida died on 29.10.1923 in Assam, India of Blackwater Fever. Her remains were buried in India. (Unknown where). This information provided by Australian Nurses in World War 1.
The Argus: Family Notices 3rd November 1923
MANSON. — [By Cable.].
On the 29th October, 1923 at Cinnamara, Assam, India, Ida Agnes Mary, loved wife of Dr. David Manson, and beloved daughter of Dr. A. W. Eddie, of Winchelsea.
In 1960, their daughter, Mrs Una Hambleton contacted the High Commissioner at New Delhi, seeking details of her Mother's family.) No reply is listed in Ida's war records.