GRANT, Ada Maude
| Service Number: | Staff Nurse |
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| Enlisted: | 18 December 1916, Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Staff Nurse |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) |
| Born: | Oatlands, Tasmania, Australia, 28 July 1884 |
| Home Town: | Launceston, Launceston, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Nurse |
| Died: | Kew, Victoria, Australia, 17 April 1969, aged 84 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Carr Villa Memorial Park, Tasmania Monumental, Section F1, 33 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Dec 1916: | Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Staff Nurse, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sydney, NSW | |
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| 9 May 1917: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 9 May 1917: | Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), HMAT Ulysses, Sydney |
Lest We Forget
Ada Maude Grant (Sister)
My Great-Great Aunt. 3rd Great Aunt to James Marshall and Joshua Marshall.
Madge joined the AIF as a Nursing Sister on the 24th of April 1917, and embarked for England on the "Ulysses" on the 9th of May 1917.
She served at the Harefield House Hospital (No. 1 Australian Auxilliary Hospital) in Hampshire, England.
She returned to Australia on 4th January 1919, on the HT Morvada, assisting wounded soldiers and she was discharged on the 20th of August 1919.
Submitted 25 April 2020 by Tony Marshall
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
Daughter of James Edwin GRANT and Mary Elizabeth nee HAYES
Trained at Inglewood Hospital.
Served in England
Returned to Australia 04 January 1919 per 'Morvada' on duty and her appointment was terminated 20 August 1919
Ada did not marry.
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