Adele BAKER

BAKER, Adele

Service Numbers: Not yet discovered
Enlisted: 20 April 1917
Last Rank: Staff Nurse
Last Unit: Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1)
Born: Penrith, New South Wales, Australia, 1891
Home Town: Penrith, Penrith Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Nurse
Died: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 2 March 1966, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Boroondara (Kew) General Cemetery, Victoria
MAUS NW 02 01 008
Memorials: Penrith St Andrews Presbyterian Church Honour Roll
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World War 1 Service

20 Apr 1917: Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse
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
29 Jan 1920: Discharged Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Returned to Australia per 'Orsova' on 6th September 1919. Discharged as medically unfit, suffered from Malaria

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Biography

Staff Nurse
AANS
1st Australian General Hospital

Born 1891 in Penrith, Sydney, NSW
Daughter of Alfred Edward BAKER and Sophia nee AHSBURY
Of Commercial Bank, Penrith
Occupation prior to enlistment Trained Nurse
Enlisted 20 April 1917
Aged 25 years
Embarked 09 June 1917 from Sydney per 'Mooltan'
Served in Egypt
Returned to Australia per 'Orsova' 06 September 1919 with Malaria
Discharged as medically unfit 29 January 1920
Adele married Dr Frederick Donald Herbert Blois Lawton but he was known as Blois Lawton. He was a medical officer (Major) in the Australian Army. He was made an Officer of the British Empire in 1918. He died 16 July 1961.
Adele died in Melbourne 1966
(Mary Adele) cremated Springvale Botanical Cemetery 03 March 1966 and remains collected

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Biography contributed by Sandra Barry

The remains of Mary Adele Blois were interred at Boroondara General Cemetery next to those of her husband who died in 1961.