COLLINS, Georgina
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 6 October 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Sister |
| Last Unit: | 1st Australian General Hospital |
| Born: | Mackay, Queensland, Australia, 1884 |
| Home Town: | Barcaldine, Barcaldine, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Salvation Army's Bethesda Hospital, Melbourne, Australia |
| Occupation: | Nurse |
| Died: | Bethany, Victoria, Australia, 16 January 1978, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Ashes scattered. |
| Memorials: | Barcaldine War Memorial Clock Tower |
World War 1 Service
| 6 Oct 1915: | Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) | |
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| 12 Nov 1915: | Involvement 1st Australian General Hospital, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
| 12 Nov 1915: | Embarked 1st Australian General Hospital, HMAT Orsova, Melbourne | |
| 15 Nov 1919: | Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, Returned to Australia. | |
| 17 Mar 1920: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, Army Nurse in Egypt, France and England. | |
| 17 Mar 1920: | Discharged Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister |
Her Story
Georgina Collins entered the Melbourne Training Home aged 24 on 21 November 1907 out of Barcaldine Queensland, and was appointed to Bethesda Melbourne on 24 June 1908. Georgina Collins enlisted in the AANS on 6 October 1915. She gave as her closest relative Mrs James Collins, Railway Reserve Barcaldine. Initially, she was posted to the Military Hospital at Broadmedows, Melbourne along with Jane Gant, Eva Eggleston and Alice Toft . She was then posted, along with her three sister Officer/Nurses to Egypt. She was fortunate to have Alice Toft as her companion throughout the whole of her war service. She was subsequently posted to London, then to France and later to England again. She was discharged from the AANS on 17 March 1920. On her discharge from the AANS she resumed the Army’s service, though before doing so she had some furlough which she spent at home with her mother in Barcaldine. In three of the The War Crys of 1920 there is a series of small notes stating that whilst home in Barcaldine on furlough she was placed in charge of the Barcaldine Corps until a replacement was found later that year. After her furlough she was appointed to Hope House Melbourne and retired as Brigadier on 5 January 1945, as Matron of Bethesda Hospital Melbourne.
Courtesy of Dennis Garland and The Salvation Army
Submitted 16 February 2016 by Daryl Jones
Biography contributed by Matthew Whitehead
After being discharged from th AANS Georgina resumed her career with The Salvation Army and was appointed to House Hope Melbourne. She retired as a Brigadier on 5th Jan, 1945 as Matron of Bethesda Hospital.
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