STAFFORD, Maud Kate
| Service Number: | Staff Nurse |
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| Enlisted: | 12 June 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Sister |
| Last Unit: | 1st Australian General Hospital |
| Born: | Meredith, Victoria, Australia, 1879 |
| Home Town: | Newtown, Greater Geelong, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Nurse |
| Died: | Boronia, Victoria, Australia, 26 November 1945, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Pittosporum, Garden F2, Bed 18, Rose 31 |
| Memorials: | Meredith State School No 1420 Roll of Honor, Newtown All Saints Church Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Jun 1915: | Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Staff Nurse, 1st Australian General Hospital | |
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| 17 Jun 1915: | Involvement 1st Australian General Hospital, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Jun 1915: | Embarked 1st Australian General Hospital, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne | |
| 1 Oct 1918: | Promoted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, Served in Egypt, England & France |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sandra Barry
Maude was the daughter of John William Stafford and Mary Stafford nee Prender.
She had trained at the Austin Hospital for 3 years, had been a staff nurse at the Women's Hospital for 10 months, Matron at the Public Hospital Creswick for 3 months, at Omeo Hospital for 13 months and had done Private Nursing.
Embarked 17 June 1915 from Melbouren per 'Wandilla'
Serving with the AANS in Southall England, Egypt and France, she was promoted to Sister on 10 December 1918 in France.
Her appointment was terminated 19 October 1919
Maude did not married and died 26 November 1945 at 'The Lavenders' Olive Grove, Boronia, vic.
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