Edith Ann MOORHOUSE

MOORHOUSE, Edith Ann

Service Number: Nurse
Enlisted: 20 August 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank: Sister
Last Unit: Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1)
Born: Kyabram, Victoria, Australia, June 1886
Home Town: Mooroopna, Greater Shepparton, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Nurse
Died: Illness - Pneumonia, France, 24 November 1918
Cemetery: Lille Southern Cemetery
I. C. 25.
Memorials: Australian Military Nurses Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kapunda Dutton Park Memorial Bullwinkel Memorial, Maryborough Nurses HB, Melbourne St. Paul's Cathedral AANS Great War Roll of Honour, Mooroopna District Hospital Staff & Trainees Pictorial Honour Roll, Mooroopna Sister Edith Ann Moorhouse Memorial Plaque, Mooroopna War Memorial
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World War 1 Service

20 Aug 1915: Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Melbourne, Victoria
21 Aug 1915: Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: ''
21 Aug 1915: Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF, HMAT Kyarra, Melbourne
19 Aug 1916: Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, 14th Australian General Hospital, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Karoola embarkation_ship_number: A63 public_note: ''
19 Aug 1916: Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, 14th Australian General Hospital, HMAT Karoola, Melbourne
24 Nov 1918: Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, Nurse, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: Australian Army Nursing Service awm_rank: Sister awm_died_date: 1918-11-24

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Daughter of Frederick MOORHOUSE and Debborah nee McLEARY

Edith trained for 3 years at the Mooroopna General Hospital Vic. She died of Pneumonia in France whilst on duty.

Then the 1st ACCS moved again after the fall of Lille to a dreary bleak spot called Fretin just beyond Lille. Here we were billeted in an old Chateau about 20 minutes walk from the camp. Here I returned to my own CCS No 2 having closed down ready for another move. My team went on night duty and filthy weather prevailed cold winds and rain for it was now late in October. We were cold and miserable long before we reached our ward for the nights work. It was during this night duty that the late Sister Moorehouse took ill but would not give in until she could not move, and it was too late to save her precious life.  Sister Leila Brown, AWM nurses’ narratives

SHE HATH DONE WHAT SHE COULD

 

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