CRESSWICK, Blanche (Amelia)
| Service Number: | Sister |
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| Enlisted: | 26 April 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Sister |
| Last Unit: | 1st Australian General Hospital |
| Born: | Newcastle, NSW, 1875 |
| Home Town: | Clovelly, Randwick, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Nurse |
| Died: | Bankstown, NSW, 22 April 1946, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Apr 1915: | Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, Sister, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) | |
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| 15 May 1915: | Involvement 1st Australian General Hospital, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Mooltan embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 15 May 1915: | Embarked 1st Australian General Hospital, RMS Mooltan, Sydney |
First saw service in Egypt
Sister Blanche Cresswick, R.R.C.
She is a daughter of the late Mr. J. Cresswick of Newcastle, and a sister of Mr. E. A. Cresswick, isanitary inspector of the N.S.W. Board ot Health, she has been on active service abroad since May, 1915 having been given leave of absence as matron of the Grafton Hospital — a post she has occupied for year: --in order that she might proceed to the front. She was trained at Newcastle Hospital. Sister Cresswick first saw service abroad in Egypt, and was mentioned in despatches for her work there. She later proceeded to The Western front. In France and in Belgium she recently served for eight months at casualty clearing stations, which were several times bombed and shelled by the enemy, the staff's being forced to remove their patients from the shelled areas with the utmost haste. She has now been awarded the Royal Red Cross.
Sydney Mail Wednesday 28 August 1918 page 24
Submitted 16 February 2016 by Daryl Jones
Awarded Royal Red Cross
Awarded Royal Red Cross
Sister Blanche Cresswick's distinctive services at the front have won for her the coveted Royal Red Cross, and, along with it, a letter which she will probably prize just as highly. It is from General Birdwood 'I am so very pleased' he says in his letter to her 'to see that you have been awarded the Royal Red Cross in recognition of all your good and loyal work for us, and I congratulate you most heartily upon this distinction. I am so glad, also, to have this opportunity of thanking you for all you have done for us, and send you my best wishes for the future.' The Matron-in-Chief also sent her congratulations.
Sister Cresswick, who is the daughter of the late Mr. J Cresswick of Newcastle, and a sister of Mr.
E A Cresswick, chief Sanitary Inspector of the board of Health, has been on active service abroad
since May 1916, having been given leave of absence as matron at the Grafton Hospital - a post she
has occupied for some years - in order that she might proceed to the front. She was trained at the Newcastle Hospital.
The honour now bestowed upon her crowns a period of long devoted and faithful service.
Sydney Morning Herald
Friday 16 August 1918 page 8
Submitted 16 February 2016 by Daryl Jones
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
Daughter of John and Hannah CRESSWICK
Did not marry
Awarded Royal Red Cross (2nd Class)
Date of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 7 November 1918
Location in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: Page 2111, position 122
Date of London Gazette: 3 June 1918
Location in London Gazette: Page 6475, position 1
Awarded Royal Red Cross
Sister Blanche Cresswick's distinctive services at the front have won for her the coveted Royal Red Cross, and, along with it, a letter which she will probably prize just as highly. It is from General Birdwood 'I am so very pleased' he says in his letter to her 'to see that you have been awarded the Royal Red Cross in recognition of all your good and loyal work for us, and I congratulate you most heartily upon this distinction. I am so glad, also, to have this opportunity of thanking you for all you have done for us, and send you my best wishes for the future.' The Matron-in-Chief also sent her congratulations.
Sister Cresswick, who is the daughter of the late Mr. J Cresswick of Newcastle, and a sister of Mr.
E A Cresswick, chief Sanitary Inspector of the board of Health, has been on active service abroad
since May 1916, having been given leave of absence as matron at the Grafton Hospital - a post she
has occupied for some years - in order that she might proceed to the front. She was trained at the Newcastle Hospital.
The honour now bestowed upon her crowns a period of long devoted and faithful service.
Sydney Morning Herald
Friday 16 August 1918 page 8
Sister Blanche Cresswick, R.R.C.
She is a daughter of the late Mr. J. Cresswick of Newcastle, and a sister of Mr. E. A. Cresswick, isanitary inspector of the N.S.W. Board ot Health, she has been on active service abroad since May, 1915 having been given leave of absence as matron of the Grafton Hospital — a post she has occupied for year: --in order that she might proceed to the front. She was trained at Newcastle Hospital. Sister Cresswick first saw service abroad in Egypt, and was mentioned in despatches for her work there. She later proceeded to The Western front. In France and in Belgium she recently served for eight months at casualty clearing stations, which were several times bombed and shelled by the enemy, the staff's being forced to remove their patients from the shelled areas with the utmost haste. She has now been awarded the Royal Red Cross.
Sydney Mail Wednesday 28 August 1918 page 24
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