BROWN, Leila Mary
| Service Number: | Nurse |
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| Enlisted: | 31 August 1916, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Nursing Sister |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) |
| Born: | Glebe, New South Wales, Australia, 1889 |
| Home Town: | Mosman, Municipality of Mosman, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Nurse |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 31 Aug 1916: | Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sydney, New South Wales | |
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| 9 Dec 1916: |
Involvement
Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Nursing Sister, Nurse, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Kaiser-i-Hind embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' |
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| 9 Dec 1916: | Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Nursing Sister, Nurse, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), SS Kaiser-i-Hind, Sydney | |
| 28 Mar 1920: | Discharged Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) |
Brave Nurse Commended
SYDNEY, Wednesday. -A nursing sister herself wounded, had defended a wards maid from a man armed with a knife, the Coroner's Court was told today. The Coroner (Mr. E. J. Forrest) found that Stefan Georgieff, 30, clerk, of Carr-street, Coogee, a native of Bulgaria, died from self-inflicted knife wounds. He commended the sister for her courage. Irenia Boniewcz, wards maid, of the Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, said she ran into a sister's office on February 13 when she saw Georgieff run towards her. Georgieff had said he wanted to marry her, but she did not want anything to do with him. Leila Mary Brown, senior nursing sister, said Georgieff stabbed her twice. She saw Georgieff stab Boniewcz. She pulled him away and he plunged the knife into his own chest.
Newcastle Morning Herald & Miners' Advocate Thursday 27 March 1952 page 7
Submitted 16 February 2016 by Faithe Jones
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