Bernadine Theresa MCMAHON

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MCMAHON, Bernadine Theresa

Service Number:	WFX22075
Enlisted:	26 October 1942
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	2nd/2nd Australian General Hospital
Born:	Boulder, Western Australia, 15 May 1915
Home Town:	Burracoppin, Merredin, Western Australia
Schooling:	Unknown
Occupation:	Nurse
Died:	Illness, Heidelberg Military Hospital, Victoria, Australia, 3 September 1945, aged 30 years
Cemetery:	Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne, Victoria 2 T A 7
Memorials:	Australian Military Nurses Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kapunda Dutton Park Memorial Gardens Nurses Plaques

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, WFX22075
26 Oct 1942:	Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), WFX22075, 2nd/7th Australian General Hospital
3 Sep 1945:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, WFX22075, 2nd/2nd Australian General Hospital

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Biography contributed

Bernadine Theresa McMAHON was born in Boulder, Western Australia on 15th May, 1915

Her parents were John McMAHON & Bridget Theresa LANE who married in Boulder, WA in 1909

She enlisted in the Army on 26th October, 1942 as a Nurse with the Australian Army Nursing Service (2/7 Australian General Hospital)

Her last rank was Lieutenant with the 2/2 Australian General Hospital

Bernadine died on 3rd September, 1945 from a Tropical Illness which affects the bone marrow at the Heidelberg Military Hospital in Victoria and is buried in the Springvale War Cemetery

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