WATSON, Beatrice Middleton
| Service Number: | Staff Nurse |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 1 September 1915, Enlisted at Ismailia, Egypt |
| Last Rank: | Staff Nurse |
| Last Unit: | 1st Australian General Hospital |
| Born: | Elsternwick , Victoria, Australia, 1883 |
| Home Town: | Elsternwick, Glen Eira, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Nurse |
| Died: | Illness - Cerebral Hemorrhage, Ismailia, Egypt, 2 June 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Ismailia War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt Row B, Grave 67 |
| Memorials: | Australian Military Nurses Memorial, Kapunda Dutton Park Memorial Bullwinkel Memorial, Maryborough Nurses Honour Board, Melbourne St. Paul's Cathedral Australian Army Nursing Service Great War Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Sep 1915: | Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Staff Nurse, 1st Australian General Hospital, Enlisted at Ismailia, Egypt | |
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| 12 Nov 1915: | Involvement 1st Australian General Hospital, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
| 12 Nov 1915: | Embarked 1st Australian General Hospital, HMAT Orsova, Melbourne | |
| 2 Jun 1916: | Involvement --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: Australian Army Nursing Service att 1 Australian Stat Hospital awm_rank: Staff Nurse awm_died_date: 1916-06-02 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Daughter of William Galley Watson and Jane Ada Watson of 'Middleton' Kooyong Road, Elsternwick, Victoria
Jesus said unto to her I am the resurrection and the Life. John 11. 25
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Did her 3 year nursing training at the Melbourne Children's Hospital
DEATH OF SISTER WATSON
News has been received of the death in Egypt on the 2nd June from Cerebral Hemorrhage of Staff Nurse Beatrice M Watson, daughter of Mr.W.G. Watson, late of Iona, Elsternwick, and formerly of Dalgety & Co. Ltd. of Melbourne. Miss Watson previous to her departure for England in November last, conducted a private hospital, McKebery Street Coleraine, where she became justly popular with her patients and friends. She came here from the Perth General Hospital where she had been in charge of the surgical ward.
WATSON.—On the 2nd June, at 1 Australian General Hospital, Ismailia, Egypt, Beatrice Middleton Watson, staff nurse, and dearly loved youngest daughter of William G. and Ada Watson, late of "Iona," Glen Huntly road, Elsternwick, Victoria, now at lona, Walbundrie, New South Wales. (By cable.)
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