Elsie Annie EGLINTON MID

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Service Number:	Nurse
Enlisted:	21 November 1914
Last Rank:	Sister
Last Unit:	2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF
Born:	O'Halloran Hill, South Australia, 23 March 1883
Home Town:	Reynella, Onkaparinga, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Nurse
Died:	Emphysema, Bronchitis, Suspected Metastatic Carcinoma of Medicastimum, Unley, South Australia, 9 July 1955, aged 72 years
Cemetery:	North Brighton Cemetery, S.A. Section F, Row 78
Memorials:	Keswick South Australian Army Nurses Roll of Honor, Morphett Vale War Memorial

21 Nov 1914:	Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Nurse , 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF
5 Dec 1914:	Involvement 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: ''
5 Dec 1914:	Embarked 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF, HMAT Kyarra, Melbourne
10 Aug 1919:	Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister

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Elsie married George McBeth MACKAY at Whalley, Lancashire, England on 10 August 1917.

Biography written by Caitlinn Wroniak from St Paul's College, attached as a document. Winning entry for 2024 Premier's Anzac Spirit School Prize.