PURDON, Edith Agnes
| Service Number: | Staff Nurse |
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| Enlisted: | 8 December 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Staff Nurse |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) |
| Born: | Bathurst, NSW, 23 November 1881 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Nurse |
| Died: | Repatriation General Hospital, Concord, Paddingington, NSW, 25 December 1949, aged 68 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW Cremated |
| Memorials: | Bathurst District's Nurses and the Centenary of The Great War Memorial Plaque, O`Connell ANZAC Memorial Avenue |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Dec 1916: | Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Staff Nurse, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) | |
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| 9 Jun 1917: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Mooltan embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 9 Jun 1917: | Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), RMS Mooltan, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Daughter of George PURDON and Agnes nee BELLAMY
Did not marry
PRESENTATION TO WAR NURSE
When Sister E. A. Purdon visited the T.B. Sailors and Soldier's Association office at the Anzac Memorial last week, she was presented with a gold wrist watch by the association's State Secretary,. Mr. A. J. Chambers. Sister Purdon is retiring from her long years of service with repatriated service men of the last war. She is an ex-A.I.F. Sister, and has also been looking after returned men from the present war. Sister Purdon is a sister of Mr. F. W. Purdon, of Gilgandra.
Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh Thursday 23 October 1941 page 2
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