Mary Agnes O'SHEA

O'SHEA, Mary Agnes

Service Number: Sister
Enlisted: 1 March 1917
Last Rank: Sister
Last Unit: Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1)
Born: Rutherglen, Vic., 1884
Home Town: Sunbury, Hume, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Nurse
Died: 5 January 1932, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Sunbury Public Cemetery
Memorials: Sunbury War Memorial
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World War 1 Service

1 Mar 1917: Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, Sister, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1)
9 May 1917: Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
9 May 1917: Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), HMAT Ulysses, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Sharyn Roberts

Daughter of Cornelius OSHEA and Agnes Mary nee McKEE
Of Waterville, Jackson St., Sunbury, Vic.

Did not marry

Miss O'Shea, whose death took place at "Somerset House" on January 5, was the eldest daughter of Mr. C.O'Shea, "Waterville," Sunbury. Sister O'Shea was one of the first Melbourne nurses to offer her services in the Great War. After serving at the Base Hospital, Melbourne, she went abroad in 1917 with Matron Curnived, returning in 1919. For several years Sister O'Shea was on the staff of the Melbourne Eye and Ear Hospital. One of the original members of the Melbourne Army Nurses' Club, her gentle, dignified presence will be sadly missed by her club associates. The funeral took place, privately, on January 6, at Sunbury, after Mass at St. Mary's Church. Rev. J.
MacCarthy, P.P. conducted the burial service. R.I.P.

Advocate Thursday 04 February 1932 page 33

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