FOLDER, Muriel
| Service Number: | Staff Nurse |
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| Enlisted: | 31 May 1917, Claremont, Tas. |
| Last Rank: | Staff Nurse |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) |
| Born: | Port Cygnet, Tasmania, 14 June 1887 |
| Home Town: | Hobart, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Kettering State School |
| Occupation: | Nurse |
| Died: | 30 November 1964, aged 77 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Cornelian Bay Cemetery and Crematorium, Tasmania Roman Catholic ND 357 |
| Memorials: | Hobart Roll of Honour, Kettering State School Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 31 May 1917: | Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Staff Nurse, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Claremont, Tas. | |
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| 12 Jun 1917: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Mooltan embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 12 Jun 1917: | Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), RMS Mooltan, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Daughter of William FOLDER and Catherine nee HALTON
Her next of kin was listed as her Sister - Gertrude Richardson, 26 Cromwell Street, Battery Point, Hobart, Tas.
Muriel trianed at the Hobart General Hospital and was awarded the King's Silver Jubilee Medal in 1935
"Miss Murial Folder has been chosen as Tasmania's Army , nurse, representative in the Services Coronation Contingent, Sister Folder trained at the Hobart General Hospital, and since her return from the war 17 years ago has been senior sister of the Repatriation Hospital at Hobart. Her war service was at Salonika, and she is principal matron of the Army Nursing Service in Tasmania." - 1937
Muriel did not marry and was residing at Dynnyrne Tasmania at the time of her death in 1964.
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