BAIN, Harriet Mary Hazel
| Service Number: | AANS |
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| Enlisted: | 28 June 1918 |
| Last Rank: | Staff Nurse |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) |
| Born: | Maryborough, Victoria, Australia, 31 January 1891 |
| Home Town: | Richmond (V), Yarra, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Unknown |
| Occupation: | Nurse |
| Died: | Illness, Seaford, Victoria, Australia, 15 March 1973, aged 82 years |
| Cemetery: |
Cheltenham Memorial Park, Victoria, Australia 17A AEI N |
| Memorials: | Heidelberg Scots' Presbyterian Church Roll of Honor, Romsey Presbyterian Church Honour Roll, Romsey Soldiers Honor Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Jun 1918: | Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, AANS, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) | |
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| 16 Oct 1918: | Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Embarked on SS Malta from Sydney on 16th October 1918, disembarking Bombay, India on 14th November 1918 | |
| 14 Nov 1918: | Transferred Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Posted to 34th Welsh General Hospital at Deolali, India | |
| 9 Mar 1919: | Discharged Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, AANS, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Resigned on account of her marriage to Alan Eugene Cecil McGAVIN, MBE (Captain, Indian Army Res) in Deolali, India |
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Born 31 January 1891 at Maryborough, Vic.
Daughter of John (Stationmaster) and Winifred Louisa (nee JONES) BAIN of 'Grantham' Moorhouse Street, West Richmond, Vic.
Trained at Austin Hospital (3 years)
Occupation prior to enlistment Nurse at Austin Hospital
Aged 27 years
Enlisted 28 June 1918
Embarked 16 October 1918 from Sydney per 'Malta'
Disembarked 14 November 1918 at Bombay, India
Served in 34th Welsh General Hospital, Deolali, India
Resigned on account of marriage 09 March 1919
Biography contributed
Harriet Mary Hazel BAIN married Alan Eugene Cecil McGAVIN in Deolali, India on 9th Marcy, 1919 - he was a Captain in the Indian Army Reserves at the time
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Her son Peter McGAVIN (SN VX 24412) served in the Australian Army in the 2nd/14th Infantry Battalion during WW2 & was discharged on 15th September, 1945
Another son Alan Stewart Denzil James McGAVIN (SN VX14106) also served in the 2nd/14th Infantry Battalion and was Killed in Action in Papua on 28th November, 1941
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