BUCHAN, Jessie
| Service Numbers: | Staff Nurse, Sister |
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| Enlisted: | 19 June 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Sister |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) |
| Born: | Bordertown, SA, 26 February 1887 |
| Home Town: | Georgetown, Northern Areas, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Nurse |
| Died: | NSW, 9 June 1981, aged 94 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Broken Hill St. Andrews Church Honour Roll, Keswick South Australian Army Nurses Roll of Honor, Mount Gambier St Andrew's Presbyterian Church Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 15 May 1915: | Embarked Staff Nurse, Embarked on Mooltan | |
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| 19 Jun 1915: | Enlisted Staff Nurse, Staff Nurse, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve (QAIMNSR) | |
| 14 Dec 1917: | Discharged Staff Nurse, Staff Nurse, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve (QAIMNSR) | |
| 27 Feb 1918: | Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, Sister, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) | |
| 7 Mar 1918: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: SS Ormonde embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 7 Mar 1918: | Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), SS Ormonde, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Daughter of James BUCHAN and Jane nee UMPHERSTON
Of Dunlop, Georgetown, SA
Trained at Broken Hill District Hospital
Embarked from Adelaide SA 20 May 1915 per 'Moolan'
Disembarked Suez 15 June 1915
Joined QAIMNSR for duty 19 June 1915 OC 15 General Hospital Alexandria
Transferred elsewhere 22 April 1916 in Alexandria
Joined for duty 23 April 1916 'Valivia'
Renewed contract 10 September 1916 for six months
Joined for duty Nasrieh Military Hospital, Cairo 10 December 1916
'Staff Nurse Buchan has been attached to this hospital for duty for nine months. She is very hard working and her nursing is satisfactory. Her discipline is poor and she is inclined to serious correction. On the whole I consider her her suitable for further military service.'
'Miss Buchan is hard working and capable and kind and attentive to her patients.'
To duty 11 November 1917 on H T 'Wiltshire' to Australia and New Zealand
Resigned appointment 14 November 1917 (private reasons)
Service terminated 14 December 1917
Address for remittance c/- D M McLEOD, Box 36 GPO, Broken Hill, NSW
Did not marry
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