MCLEAN, Ella Clow
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) |
| Born: | Roma, Queensland, Australia , 29 December 1890 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | St Margaret’s Anglican School, Brisbane |
| Occupation: | Nurse |
| Died: | Queensland, Australia , 27 September 1968, aged 77 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland Plot Columbarium 12 Section 17 |
| Memorials: | Muckadilla Harry Murray VC Remembrance Wall, Queensland Australian Army Nursing Service Roll of Honour, Southport Shire Council Roll of Honour, Southport War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 26 May 1917: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Khiva embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
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| 26 May 1917: | Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), RMS Khiva, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sandra Barry
Ella was the daughter of Donald Alexander McLean and Maude Sarah Elizabeth McLean nee Lethbridge.
On 30.12.1919 Ella married Russell John McWilliam
Biography contributed by Cheryl Thompson
Married name McWilliam.
A boarder from Roma, Ella graduated from St Margaret’s in 1908. She joined the Australian Army Nursing Services and was posted to India where she cared for patients, including Turkish prisoners of war, British and other Allied troops. She endured harsh weather conditions, and both staff and troops battled disease. She then served on the frontlines in Egypt where she faced new challenges, including a lack of equipment and long work hours. Ella was awarded a medal for her service and in 2017, her image was used among a ‘Women in War’ stamp series issued by Australia Post.
St Margaret's Anglican Girls School Facebook Page.
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