Rea DAWES

DAWES, Rea

Service Numbers: Not yet discovered
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Not yet discovered
Last Unit: Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1)
Born: Adelaide, SA, 12 April 1889
Home Town: Not yet discovered
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Nurse
Died: North Adelaide, SA, 2 September 1946, aged 57 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: West Terrace Cemetery (AIF Section)
Kendrew Oval
Memorials: Keswick South Australian Army Nurses Roll of Honor
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World War 1 Service

9 Nov 1918: Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
9 Nov 1918: Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Daughter of Caspar DORSCH and Friedricke Huda nee STREMPEL

Rea changed her surname back to DORSCH
Did not marry

Death Of Well-Known Nursing Sister

The death occurred suddenly on Monday of Sister Rea Dorsch daughter of the late Rev. C. Dorschand Mrs. Dorsch.

Sister Dorsch, who was well known in nursing circles in Adelaide, was educated at Tormore House School, North Adelaide. After completing her training at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, Sister Dorsch joined the Australian Army Nursing Service, and saw service in India during World War I. On her return to Australia, Sister Dorsch nursed at the Repatriation Hospital Keswick, after which she was engaged in private nursing. She was nursing at the time of her death.

The Advertiser Wednesday 04 September 1946 page 11

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