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WILDASH, Elsie Caroline
Personal Details
| Service Number: | AANS |
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| Enlisted: | 17 May 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Sister |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) |
| Born: | Narrandera, New South Wales, Australia, 1886 |
| Home Town: | Roseville, Ku-ring-gai, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Prince Alfred Hospital, , New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Nurse |
| Died: | Parkes, , New South Wales, Australia, 16 October 1988, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Parkes Cemetery, NSW Elsie Caroline Alford |
| Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 17 May 1915: | Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, AANS, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) | |
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| 14 Jul 1915: | Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, AANS, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Embarked on HMAT 'A67' Orsova from Sydney on 14th July 1915 | |
| 12 Nov 1916: | Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, AANS, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Embarked for return to Australia on nursing duties on HMAT 'A18' Wiltshire from Portland, England, disembarking Sydney. | |
| 21 Mar 1917: | Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, AANS, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Embarked for return to Egypt on nursing duties on HMAT 'A61' Kanowna from Sydney on 21st March 1917, disembarking Suez, Egypt on 1st May 1917. Posted to 14th Australian General Hospital. | |
| 15 Feb 1918: | Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, AANS, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Embarked for return to Australia on nursing duties on HMAT 'A38' Ulysses from Port Said, Egypt. Staff Nurse Wildash had been made a Temporary Sister from 4th December 1917. | |
| 9 Nov 1919: | Discharged Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, AANS, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
Daughter of Charles John and Elizabeth Emily (nee GERARD) WILDASH.
Siblings
- Mary Gerard WILDASH (1882 - 1978)
- Charles Gerard WILDASH (1884 - 1983)
- Constance Gerard WILDASH (1888 - 1949
- Florence Gerard WILDASH (1892 - 1980)
Married Kenneth Fitzgerald ALFORD in Chatswood, New South Wales in 1920.
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