CASHMORE, Patricia
| Service Number: | EDCC/371 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Sister |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Port Pirie, South Australia, Australia, 23 July 1905 |
| Home Town: | Port Pirie, Port Pirie City and Dists, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Port Pirie High School, South Australia, Australia |
| Occupation: | Surgical Nurse |
| Died: | At sea (SS Khedive Ismail, sunk by Japanese submarine), Indian Ocean, 12 February 1944, aged 38 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | East Africa Memorial, Henley Beach Council WW2 Honour Roll and Addendum |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Sep 1942: | Involvement At the outbreak of war with Japan, Patricia wrote to Australian authorities offering to enlist but location made it impractical and advised she should join the East Africa Military Nursing Service, which she did on 4 September 1942 she was posted to the No. 1 General Hospital at Nairobi. |
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World War 2 Service
| 14 Feb 1944: | Involvement Sister, EDCC/371 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Gary Fradd
Nursing Sister EDCC/371 Royal Nursing Service of the British Army (East Africa Command).
Born 23 July 1905 at Port Pirie to Arthur Brook Cashmore and Annie Amelia Cashmore, nee Whallin of Northcote, Victoria, Australia.
She qualified in Surgical Nursing at the Royal Adelaide Hospital in August 1930. Killed at sea on the 12th February 1944 aged 38 whilst on the SS Khedive Ismail.
The ship departed on the 6 February 1944 from Kilindini Harbour at Mombasa, Kenya to Colombo, Ceylon in Convoy KR-8. It was attacked and sunk by two torpedoes fired from a B1 type Japanese submarine in the Indian Ocean, 1,297 perished.
Patricia is commemorated on the East Africa Memorial, Kenya.
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