BROWN, Melna Isobel
| Service Number: | SX1491 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 December 1939, Adelaide, SA |
| Last Rank: | Major |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/2nd Australian General Hospital |
| Born: | Broken Hill, NSW, 26 February 1912 |
| Home Town: | Marden, Norwood, Payneham & St. Peters, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Nursing Sister |
| Died: | Natural Causes, 21 January 2008, aged 95 years, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia SE Rose Bed S13 53 |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 20 Dec 1939: | Involvement Major, SX1491 | |
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| 20 Dec 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Major, SX1491, 2nd/2nd Australian General Hospital, Adelaide, SA | |
| 25 Mar 1946: | Discharged | |
| 25 Mar 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Major, SX1491 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
She trained at the Adelaide Hospital from 1933 – 1936, and was a Staff sister there for three years prior to enlisting in 1940 in the Australian Army Nursing Service and had recently completed her midwifery and child welfare course.
Head and shoulders studio portrait shows Sister Melna Brown wearing a veil and also two medals. The centre badge in black and silver is from the South Australian Nurses Registration Board - received when nurses first register. The Gold Medal on her left was awarded by the Adelaide Hospital to those nurses who gained a distinction in the final examinations.
She graduated from Adelaide Hospital in 1936 as a gold medalist, and was appointed Charge Nurse. In 1940, she served overseas during World War II. On her return, she went on to become Matron of Daw Park Repatriation Hospital.
Married BLAKE
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