PRIESTLEY, Adeline Beatrice Gertrude
| Service Numbers: | Staff Nurse, AANS |
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| Enlisted: | 21 July 1915, Perth, WA |
| Last Rank: | Sister |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) |
| Born: | Bristol, England, 3 May 1868 |
| Home Town: | Westbury, Meander Valley, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Nursing Sister |
| Died: | Natural/ Old Age, Launceston, Tasmania, 13 June 1954, aged 86 years |
| Cemetery: |
Carr Villa Memorial Park, Tasmania Cremation Memorials, Western Wall, No. 91, Site B |
| Memorials: | Westbury St Andrew's Church Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Jul 1915: | Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Staff Nurse, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Perth, WA | |
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| 22 Jul 1915: | Involvement 1st Australian Convalescent Depot, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Jul 1915: | Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, AANS, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Embarked on HMAT 'A67' Orsova from Fremantle on 22nd July 1915. | |
| 12 Nov 1915: |
Transferred
Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), |
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| 9 Feb 1919: | Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, AANS, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Embarked for return to Australia on HMAT 'A11' Ascanius from England on 9th February 1919, disembarking Fremantle on 17th March 1919 | |
| 1 Dec 1919: | Discharged Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, AANS, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Posted to Repatriation Hospital in Fremantle after disembarkation until discharge from service. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Perkins
Beatrice was one of 18 children born to Major George and Kitty Priestley. George was an Officer with the Connaught Rangers in the Crimean war. Beatrice joined the Australian Army Nursing Service in July 1915 in Perth, W.A. Her youngest brother Vivian, had been K.I.A. at Gallipoli on the 25th April 1915. Beatrice trained at the Alfred and Women's Hospital, Melvourne Vic. She devoted nearly all her life to nursing in all States of Australia. When WWI broke out she enlisted with the First A.I.F. and took on duty as sister at Harefield and Notley Hospitals, England and later at 2 A.G.H. in France. There are many soldiers who will never forget Sister Priestley for her great kindness and untiring care. She returned to Australia at the end of the war and continued nursing at the Repatriation Hospital in Fremantle until her discharge from military service a year later on 1st Dec 1919. She spent her final years living with her sister in Launceston until her death aged 86years.
Funeral Of Launceston War Nurse
The funeral of Miss Beatrice Priestley, a First World War nurse, took place at the Carr Villa crematorium chapel.
The services at her home in Luck St., Mowbray Heights, and at the chapel were conducted by the : Rev K. Kay
Miss Priestley, was trained at the Alfred and the Women's hospitals, Melbourne, and spent her life nursing in various States.
In the First World War she enlisted with the First A.I.F.and was a sister at the Harefield and Netley hospitals in England. Later, she served in France, She returned to Australia at the end of the war and served in the Repatriation Hospital in Fremantle until her discharge a year later.
The chief mourners were Mr. and Mrs. V. Priestley (brother and sister-in-law), Mrs. Murray (sister). Mrs. P. Vandendool (niece), and Mr. A. Murray (nephew).
The pallbearers were Messrs. P. Vandendool. J. Ford, P. Ford, and H. Greenhill jun
Funeral arrangements were by C. T. Finney and Sons.
The Mercury Hobart Tuesday 22 June 1954 page 16
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