MILES-WALKER, Jean
| Service Number: | Nurse |
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| Enlisted: | 27 September 1914, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Matron |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) |
| Born: | Hamilton, Tasmania, Australia, 16 November 1879 |
| Home Town: | Hobart, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Nurse |
| Died: | Influenza, Sutton Veny, Wiltshire, England, 30 October 1918, aged 38 years |
| Cemetery: |
Sutton Veny (St. John) Churchyard, Wiltshire, England |
| Memorials: | Australian Military Nurses Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kapunda Dutton Park Memorial Bullwinkel Memorial, Maryborough Nurses Honour Board, Melbourne St. Paul's Cathedral Australian Army Nursing Service Great War Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Sep 1914: | Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Nurse, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sydney, New South Wales | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), 1st Infantry Brigade Headquarters, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: Name on recoreded on original as "J. N. M. Walker". | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), 1st Infantry Brigade Headquarters, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 28 Nov 1914: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: 'Name recorded on original as "Jean Miles Walker". Remarks on roll: Embarked on Euripides, 20/10/14.' | |
| 28 Nov 1914: | Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF, HMAT Kyarra, Sydney | |
| 1 Jan 1917: | Honoured Royal Red Cross (1st Class) | |
| 30 Oct 1918: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Matron, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) |
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"...Matron Jean Miles-Walker RRC, AANS. Sister Miles-Walker of Hobart, Tasmania, embarked on the troopship Euripides on 20 October 1914 with the 2nd Australian General Hospital (2 AGH). She went to Ismailia and worked at No 1 Australian Stationary Hospital and worked on the hospital ships and transports. Transferring to London, she became a matron in October 1916, working in a number of different hospitals prior to her death on 30 October 1918. Matron Miles-Walker died at Sutton Veny Military Hospital of broncho-pneumonia (influenza). Her burial report records that she was buried with full military honours at the St John the Evangelist Church at Sutton Veny, her coffin draped with an Australian flag and carried on a gun carriage to the cemetery, accompanied by a firing party and a band from the 1st Australian Training Battalion. Six captains of the AIF acted as pall bearers. Her funeral was attended by 40 nursing staff, 30 officers and over 300 NCOs." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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