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HINTON, Muriel Grace
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | 16 October 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Sister |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) |
| Born: | Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia, 1885 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Nurse |
| Died: | Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia, 23 October 1962, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW Plot East Terrace, niche wall QF, position 184 |
| Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 16 Oct 1916: | Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse | |
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| 21 Mar 1917: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kanowna embarkation_ship_number: A61 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Mar 1917: | Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), HMAT Kanowna, Sydney | |
| 21 Apr 1919: | Promoted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister | |
| 5 Jun 1919: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches, Mentioned in General Sir Edmund H H Allenby's despatches 05 June 1919 Third Supplement London Gazette No 31383 dated 05 June 1919 For services rendered from 19 September 1918 to 31 January 1919 Promulgated in the Australian Gazette No 113, dated 06 October 1919 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sandra Barry
Muriel was the daughter of William Hinton and Mary Grance Hinton nee Beenson.
Muriel enlisted as a Staff Nurse with the Australian Army Nursing Service on 16.10.1916 and embarked from Australia per "Kanowna" on 11.5.1917. Service in Egypt – Hospitals and 1st Field Ambulance Service. Promoted to Sister on 21.4.1919. Returned to Australia per "Ulysses" on 23.7.1919 1919 On Duty and was Discharged on 19.9.1919.
(Information provided by Australian Nurses in World War 1)