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SOMERVILLE, Ethel
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | 7 November 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Staff Nurse |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) |
| Born: | Strathfieldsaye, Victoria, Australia, 16 September 1887 |
| Home Town: | Strathfieldsaye, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Nurse |
| Died: | St. Kilda, Victoria, Australia, 7 May 1972, aged 84 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Bendigo Public Cemetery, Victoria Section Monumental L6 Grave 17094 |
| Memorials: | Bendigo Base Hospital Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 7 Nov 1917: | Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse | |
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| 16 Nov 1917: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Canberra embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 16 Nov 1917: | Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), SS Canberra, Sydney | |
| 9 Jan 1918: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Posted to Kung Hoi War Hospital, Poona for duty | |
| 13 Apr 1919: | Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Embarked from Bombay to Australia per "H.T. Eastern". | |
| 30 Apr 1919: | Discharged Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Medal: British War Medal. |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
Daughter of Thomas SOMERVILLE and Elizabeth Anne nee GLEDHILL of 'Somerset Park' Strathfieldsaye, Vic.
She spent her war service in Bombay
Ethel did not marry and at the time of her death was late of Balaclava, Vic.
Biography contributed by Sandra Barry
Ethel passed away on 7.5.1972. Her remains were cremated at Springvale Botanical Cemetery and collected. They were later interred at Bendigo Public Cemetery.
Memorial: The Victorian Garden of Remembrance.