Evelyn Veronica (Eva) KING

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KING, Evelyn Veronica

Service Number:	NFX76573
Enlisted:	24 June 1941
Last Rank:	Sister
Last Unit:	2/3 Hospital Ship (Centaur)
Born:	Darlington Point, New South Wales, Australia, 31 December 1905
Home Town:	Darlington Point, Murrumbidgee Shire, New South Wales
Schooling:	Darlington Point Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Nurse
Died:	Killed in action aboard AHS Centaur, At sea aboard AHS Centaur (off Brisbane, Queensland, Australia), 14 May 1943, aged 37 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Sydney Memorial, Rookwood, Sydney Panel 4
Memorials:	Augusta Australian Army Nursing Sisters Monument, Australian Military Nurses Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Campbell Australian Service Nurses National Memorial, Concord 2/3 Australian Hospital Ship 'Centaur' Roll of Honour, Cootamundra RSL Honour Rolls, Cootamundra War Memorial, Darlington Point Memorial Centre and Gates, Darlington Point War Memorial, Gold Coast - AHS Centaur Memorial, Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital Centaur Wing, Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital Memorial Rose Garden, Kapunda Dutton Park Memorial Gardens Nurses Plaques, Sydney Memorial

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement NFX76573
24 Jun 1941:	Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Lieutenant, General Hospitals - WW2
24 Jun 1941:	Enlisted NFX76573
27 Jan 1942:	Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Lieutenant, NHS Oranje "1st Netherlands Military Hospital Ship AIF"
24 Jun 1942:	Promoted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister
17 Mar 1943:	Embarked Sister, 2/3 Hospital Ship (Centaur)

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Daughter of Richard and Mary Ann King, of Darlington Point New South Wales.

Biography contributed by Trent King

Evelyn ‘Eva’ Veronica King was born 31 December 1905, at Tubbo Station located 12KMs east of Darlington Point on the Sturt Hwy in NSW. Eva was the eldest daughter of Richard and Mary Anne King and was one of six children. Eva had two older brothers, Richard (known as Laurie), John (known as Robert/Bob) and three younger siblings, Bessie (known as Bid/Beatrice), Edward (known as Ted) and Leslie (known as Mick). The Kings resided at Tubbo Station (a large sheep station) where Eva’s father worked as a blacksmith from 1900 to 1913 when they moved into Darlington Point where Richard opened a blacksmith shop

Biography contributed by Trent King

For more on Eva's story see 'Eva King - Her Life' underneath Documents

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