ASHTON, Carrie Jean
| Service Number: | SFX13548 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 May 1941, Wayville, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | General Hospitals - WW2 |
| Born: | Woodside, South Australia, 31 May 1905 |
| Home Town: | Unley, Unley, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Burra Model School |
| Occupation: | Nurse |
| Died: | Natural causes, Westbourne Park, South Australia, 7 December 2002, aged 97 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Bicton Vyner Brooke Tragedy Memorial, W.A., South Australian Garden of Remembrance |
World War 2 Service
| 27 May 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, SFX13548, General Hospitals - WW2 | |
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| 27 May 1941: | Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, SFX13548, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Wayville, South Australia | |
| 20 Sep 1941: | Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, SFX13548, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Embarked Ship: 20/09/1941, "HMS Wanganella, to Singagpore. | |
| 12 Feb 1942: | Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, SFX13548, 2nd/13th Australian General Hospital, Embarked Ship - Date and Place of Departure: SS Vyner Brooke, 12/02/1942, Singapore, (with 65 other nurses, and civilians); to Japanese Aircraft Attack - sinking disaster - SS Vyner Brooke - Date and Place: 14/02/1942, Bangka Strait (by Bangka Island); (AWM) The Sinking of the SS Vyner Brooke. | |
| 16 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore | |
| 25 Feb 1946: | Discharged Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Captain, SFX13548, 2nd/13th Australian General Hospital | |
| 25 Feb 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, SFX13548, General Hospitals - WW2 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daniel Bishop
Daughter of Walter John ASHTON, & Caroline Mary (nee SCOTT) ASHTON, of Unley, City of Unley, South Australia.
Emotional Welcome As Gallant Women Return
Fremantle, Western Australia; The Australian Women's Weekly
Saturday; 3 November 1945, Page 19.
OUR SINGAPORE NURSES
BY Josephine O'Neill
No legendary figures, but ordinary women, you, who died
Facing the water, last glance each to each
Along the beach, leaving your bodies to the accustomed surf
Your hearts to home
No legendary figures, but ordinary women, you, who lived
Holding the spirit, through the camps slow slime
Unsoiled by time ...
Bringing your laughter out of degraded toil
As a gift to home
As ordinary women, by your dying you fortify the mind
As ordinary women, by your living you honour all mankind.
TROVE: http://nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/55465571
Biography contributed
Biography written by Matilda Lloyd from Torrens Valley Christian School, attached as a document. Winning entry for 2023 Premier's Anzac Spirit School Prize.
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