BAILEY, Hilda Jane
| Service Number: | Nurse |
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| Enlisted: | 18 May 1917, Launceston, Tasmania |
| Last Rank: | Staff Nurse |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) |
| Born: | Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, 8 November 1891 |
| Home Town: | Launceston, Launceston, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Nurse |
| Died: | Natural causes, Boulia, Queensland, Australia, 19 December 1981, aged 90 years |
| Cemetery: |
St Marks Anglican (Deloraine) Cemetery, Tasmania Buried 24 Dec 1981 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 18 May 1917: | Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Nurse, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Launceston, Tasmania | |
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| 12 Jun 1917: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Enlistment/Embarkation 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), Staff Nurse, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), RMS Mooltan, Melbourne | |
| 13 Dec 1918: | Discharged Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Discharged due to illness |
Ceylon Red Cross Job For Adelaide Nurse
Ceylon Red Cross Job For Adelaide Nurse
Sister H. J. Bailey, a Tasmanian nurse, who served in the last war,and who has made her home in Adelaide for the last 16 years, has been appointed senior superintendent of the Red Cross convalescent home at Ottery, Ceylon. She will leave for Melbourne tonight. This will be Sister Bailey's tenth visit to Ceylon, and she is already familiar with the district in which she will work, tor she was on the staff of the Halton Nursing Home, about eight miles from the Red Cross home, for three years Sister Bailey said yesterday that the home, which belonged to a planter, and had been lent to Red Cross, was in a delightful position in the hills, and she expected to meet many Australian servicemen there. Sister Bailey returned from Ceylon in 1942, and for 15 months has been engaged in confidential military duties in Adelaide.
The Advertiser Wednesday 31 January 1945 page 3
Submitted 10 March 2016 by Faithe Jones
Biography
Daughter of Edward Lennox BAILEY and Caroline Rosevear nee VINCENT , of Melbourne Street, Launceston, Tasmania
Hilda trained at the General Hospital, Launceston. She enlisted 18 May 1917 at Launceston, Tasmania at the age of 25 years and embarked 12 June 1917 from Melbourne per 'Mooltan'.
She served in Macedonia and contracted Debility and returned to Australia per 'Kanowna' 01 September 1918 and was discharged as medically unfit 13 December 1918.
Hilda did not marry, and dDied 24 December 1981 in Queensland.
There is a gravestone for a Hilda Jane Bailey 1891-1981 at St Marks Anglican Church, Deloraine, Tasmania
Ceylon Red Cross Job For Adelaide Nurse
Sister H. J. Bailey, a Tasmanian nurse, who served in the last war,and who has made her home in Adelaide for the last 16 years, has been appointed senior superintendent of the Red Cross convalescent home at Ottery, Ceylon. She will leave for Melbourne tonight. This will be Sister Bailey's tenth visit to Ceylon, and she is already familiar with the district in which she will work, tor she was on the staff of the Halton Nursing Home, about eight miles from the Red Cross home, for three years Sister Bailey said yesterday that the home, which belonged to a planter, and had been lent to Red Cross, was in a delightful position in the hills, and she expected to meet many Australian servicemen there. Sister Bailey returned from Ceylon in 1942, and for 15 months has been engaged in confidential military duties in Adelaide.
The Advertiser Wednesday 31 January 1945 page 3
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