JENKINS, Laura Jane
| Service Number: | Staff Nurse |
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| Enlisted: | 3 November 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Staff Nurse |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) |
| Born: | Alberton, South Australia, 15 October 1882 |
| Home Town: | Alberton, Port Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Alberton Public School |
| Occupation: | Nurse |
| Died: | At Sea, 7 January 1938, aged 55 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Cheltenham Cemetery, South Australia Cenotaph on fathers grave; Section L, Drive C, Path 16, Plot 172S |
| Memorials: | Keswick South Australian Army Nurses Roll of Honor, Queenstown Alberton Public School Great War Honor Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Nov 1915: | Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Staff Nurse, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) | |
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| 12 Nov 1915: | Involvement 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
| 12 Nov 1915: | Embarked 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF, HMAT Orsova, Melbourne | |
| 24 Jul 1919: | Discharged Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Daughter of John JENKINS and Jane Smith nee LINDSAY
Of Queen Street, Alberton, SA
Did not marry
Sister L. J. Jenkins
Becoming ill three weeks before her departure, Sister Laura J. Jenkins, formerly matron of Parkwynd Hospital, Wakefield street, city, died at sea on January 7 while returning to Australia, after a holiday visit to Britain.
Sister Jenkins was trained at the Adelaide Children's Hospital, and after competing her course remained there as a staff sister. In 1915 she enlisted as an army sister, and served in Egypt and France. Returning to Adelaide in 1919, she Joined the staff at Keswick Hospital, and after several months there joined the staff at Parkwynd as a theatre sister. She took charge of the hospital from Sister J. Sinclair in 1932. Sister Jenkins was the second daughter of Mr. and the late Mrs. J Jenkins, of Alberton.
The Chronicle Thursday 27 January 1938 page 18
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