RITCHIE, Ivy Norma Kathleen
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | 25 June 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Sister |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) |
| Born: | Mount Rouse, Penshurst, Victoria, Australia., 1880 |
| Home Town: | Torquay, Surf Coast, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Nurse |
| Died: | Geelong, Victoria, Australia, 28 November 1953, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Geelong Western Cemetery, Victoria GCT_WST_PRES_No-0015 |
| Memorials: | Flinders WWI War Memorial, Geelong Hospital Members of Staff Honor Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Jun 1915: | Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse | |
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| 17 Jul 1915: | Involvement 1st Australian Convalescent Depot (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Jul 1915: | Embarked 1st Australian Convalescent Depot (AIF), HMAT Orsova, Melbourne | |
| 3 Sep 1915: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), No. 1 Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield (WW1), Taken off strength 21/09/1917 of No.1 AAH Harefield pending overseas posting | |
| 30 Sep 1917: | Promoted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) | |
| 7 Oct 1917: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), No.1 Australian General Hospital, Rouen | |
| 1 Oct 1918: | Promoted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister | |
| 19 Dec 1918: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), No.1 Australian General Hospital, Sutton Veny, England | |
| 19 Aug 1919: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, “Brought under the notice of the Secretary of State of War for valuable services rendered” War Office document dated 19.8.1919. | |
| 1 Oct 1919: | Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, Returned to Australia per "Iriveto" | |
| 1 Nov 1919: | Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Per RMS Orvieto, Nursing Staff on board ship. Disembarked Melbourne 12 December, 1919 | |
| 26 Aug 1920: | Discharged Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, Medals: British War Medal and Victory Medal |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Second youngest of ten children. Her father died when she was eight years old and her mother died just before the outbreak of war. Ivy trained in Geelong Hospital, passing her exams in 1908 and became the Sister in Charge of the Medical and Surgical Ward. She was posted to the Convalescent Depot, Harefield Park, London commencing duty on 3 September 1915. After serving two years there, Ivy was transferred on 21 September 1917 to No 1 Australian General Hospital in Rouen France.
After the war Ivy lived Munday Street Torquay with her sister. She was living in Camperdown when the 1940 bushfire wiped out much of Torquay where Ivy's house was one of those burnt in the fire. She rebuilt with her sister and was living in Torquay when she died in 1953 aged 72 years.
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