KENDALL, Constance Elizabeth
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | 20 April 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Staff Nurse |
| Last Unit: | 14th Australian General Hospital |
| Born: | Wareham, Dorset, England, 1890 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Nursing Sister |
| Died: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 14 November 1977, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW The remains of Constance Elizabeth Molesworth were cremated and collected |
| Memorials: | Geelong Hospital Members of Staff Honor Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Apr 1917: | Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Army Medical Corps (AIF) | |
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| 9 Jun 1917: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Mooltan embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 9 Jun 1917: | Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), RMS Mooltan, Sydney | |
| 8 Jan 1918: | Transferred Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, 14th Australian General Hospital | |
| 9 Jun 1919: | Discharged Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse | |
| 22 Jul 1919: | Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, embarked Suez for Sydney (as Mrs Molesworth) on board HT Morvada |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sandra Barry
Constance was the daughter of Walter Humphrey Lomer Kendall and Susan Frances Kendall nee Mead.
Married Dr. Cecil Stanley Molesworth.
Biography contributed by Chris Buckley
Staff Nurse Constance Elizabeth Kendall enlisted in the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) on 20 April 1917, and was attached to Australian Medical Corps (AMC) on 12 June 1917 when she embarked from Sydney for Suez on board HMS Mooltan. Staff Nurse Kendall was attached to 14th Australian General Hospital (AGH), and in Cairo in 1917 married Captain Cecil Stanley Molesworth (a Medical Practitoner serving in Egypt). Staff Nurse Kendall embarked (as Mrs Molesworth) from Suez for Sydney on 22 July 1919 on board HT Morvada, and her Appointment was Terminated on 10 September 1919. Older brother Cecil Burt Kendall served in the AIF in WWI - Home Service (Service No:2041) as a Private/Guard at Concentration Camp Holdsworthy.
Connie was born in Dorset, England in 1890, youngest of three children of the Rev Walter Humphrey Lomer Kendall (b1859 in Dorset, England) and Susan Frances Mead (b1862 in Dorset, England). Walter studied Farm Husbandry and was a Student at St John's College Highbury in 1886 when he and Susan (a Farmer's Daughter) married in Dorset. Walter and Susan travelled to and from New South Wales - on the first occasion arriving in Sydney in 1886 on board the Carthage. The couple settled in Cobargo via Goulburn where, in 1886 Walter was Ordained, moving to Crookwell in 1887 and Murrumburrah in 1889. Walter died in 1896 and Susan in 1905.
Connie trained as a Nurse in Murrumburrah, and in 1917 was a Sister at The Terrace Private Hospital in Sydney when she enlisted in the Army Nursing Service. Following their Discharges, Connie and her husband (Dr Cecil Stanley Molesworth) lived in Nowra, Leeton and Sydney, where they raised their family and Cecil was a Medical Practitioner. Both their children - Nancy and Bill - served in WWII. Cecil died in 1943 and Connie in 1977.