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WATSON, Beatrice Middleton
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| 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 - Brain abcess, Ismailia, Egypt, 2 June 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Ismailia War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt Row B, Grave 67 Headstone inscription reads: Jesus said unto to her I am the resurrection and the Life. John 11. 25 |
| Memorials: | Australian Military Nurses Memorial, Kapunda Dutton Park Memorial Bullwinkel Memorial, Maryborough Nurses HB, Melbourne St. Paul's Cathedral AANS Great War Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 1 Sep 1915: | Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, 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
Daugther of William Galley Watson and Jane Ada Watson of 'Middleton' Kooyong Road, Elsternwick, Victoria
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Did her 3 year nursing training at the Melbourne Children's Hospital
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