VICKERS, Mary Emelia Larsen
| Service Number: | Staff Nurse |
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| Enlisted: | 27 June 1918, Melbourne, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Staff Nurse |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) |
| Born: | Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 5 March 1882 |
| Home Town: | Parkville, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Nursing Sister |
| Died: | Ivanhoe, Victoria, Australia, 26 November 1937, aged 55 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Warringal Cemetery, Victoria Plot: Wesleyan L, Grave 12 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Jun 1918: | Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Staff Nurse, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Melbourne, Vic. | |
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| 16 Oct 1918: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Malta embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 16 Oct 1918: | Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), SS Malta, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Daughter of Christian Julius LARSEN and Martha nee HARDING
Her father died when she was 7 and her mother died when she was 9 so she was an orphan at 9 years of age.
She was possibly taken in by Vickers family and took their family name
Sister of Sarah CARSS
Of 66 Moral Street, Parkville, Vic.
Served in Bombay and Lahore India
Returned to Australia 28 August 1919 per 'Innesburck'
Appointment terminated 30 October 1919
Did not marry
Sister M. Vickers
Much regret will be felt in the nursing profession at the death on Friday, after a brief illness, of Sister M. Vickers, of Airlie Private Hospital, Ivanhoe.
A trainee of the Infectious Diseases Hospital, Fairfield, Sister Vickers was on duty during the early days of the war at the Caulfield Military Hospital, and in 1916 left with the A.I.F. for India, where she nursed for 12 months, and then returned to duty at Caulfield.
For some time she was in charge of the military ward in the Austin Hospital, and, 14 years ago, in partnership with Sister Alice Pump, opened a private hospital at Ivanhoe. For the last eight years they have conducted Airlie private hospital.
A leader in her profession, a genial and kindly woman, and one who Inspired confidence and affection among all with whom she came into contact, Sister Vickers will be greatly missed, not only by her fellow-nurses, but also by a wide circle of friends.
The funeral took place on Saturday at the Heidelberg Cemetery, and was largely attended. The Rev. Courtenay Thomas officiated at the service at the graveside,and a brief soldiers' service was also conducted by the president of the Ivanhoe sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League (Mr. W. Blake)
The Argus Monday 29 November 1937 page 7