SMITH, Ada Priscilla
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF |
| Born: | Darling Downs, near Warwick, Queensland, Australia , 5 March 1887 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Nurse at Rosemount Hospital, Windsor, Brisbane. |
| Died: | 23 George Street, Warwick, Queensland, 1 December 1973, aged 86 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Allora Shire Soldiers Memorial, Queensland Australian Army Nursing Service Roll of Honour, Warwick War Memorial Gates |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Jul 1915: | Involvement 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
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| 14 Jul 1915: | Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF, HMAT Orsova, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Horizon Christian School
Ada Priscilla Smith one of twelve was born on March 5 of 1887, she grew up in darling downs near Warwick, Queensland. Her parents were James Smith and Anna Maria Allen.
Ada trained to be a nurse at the Warwick Base hospital, Queensland. In the early days, nurses were poorly paid and were expected to clean and scrub the floors as well as care for patients. Ada was nursing at Murwillumbah, NSW when world War one started. Ada returned to Warwick after she decided to enlist, soon after she retuned she was accepted immediately. In 1916 Ada was in charge of five different hospital tents with 150 patients.
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