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LINKLATER, Bessie
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | 7 June 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Staff Nurse |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) |
| Born: | Mittaleecha near Wilmington, South Australia, 22 April 1881 |
| Home Town: | Wilmington, Mount Remarkable, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Nurse |
| Died: | Puerperal septic intoxication and pneumonia, Woodcote Nursing Home, Wallington, Surrey, England, 19 February 1921, aged 39 years |
| Cemetery: |
All Saints Churchyard, Carshalton, Greater London, England |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Scots Church WW1 Honour Board, Keswick South Australian Army Nurses Roll of Honor, Wilmington District WW1 Honour Boards |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 7 Jun 1917: | Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) | |
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| 30 Jun 1917: | Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), RMS Somali | |
| 31 Mar 1919: | Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), HT Kyber, England for return to Australia - arriving 9 May 1919 | |
| 12 Jul 1919: | Discharged Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Medically Unfit | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Nursing Sister, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) |
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Sister of Elma May Linklater, Brother of 2942 James Munro Linklater 32nd Battalion
All from Wilmington; parents Mr and Mrs E Linklater
Biography contributed by Sandra Barry
Bessie was born in 1881, the daughter of Edwin Linklater and Elizabeth Linklater nee Kelly.
On 25.4.1920 at All Saints Church in Carshalton Bessie married Frank Edward Norman.
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