BEETHAM, Maud Beatrice
| Service Number: | N/A |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 25 August 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Staff Nurse |
| Last Unit: | Sea Transport Staff |
| Born: | Newtown, New South Wales, Australia, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Bondi, Waverley, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Nurse |
| Died: | Westbourne Park South Australia, 21 April 1983, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia RSL, Wall 113, Niche E005 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Aug 1916: | Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, N/A, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) | |
|---|---|---|
| 9 Dec 1916: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Kaiser-i-Hind embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 9 Dec 1916: | Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), SS Kaiser-i-Hind, Sydney | |
| 8 May 1918: | Involvement Sea Transport Staff, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 8 May 1918: | Embarked Sea Transport Staff, RMS Osterley, Sydney |
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Born 1892 at Newtown, Sydney, NSW
Daughter of Albert A BEETHAM and Mary Frances nee WHYTE
Of 213 Birrell Street, Bondi, NSW
Enlisted 25 August 1916 at Sydney, NSW
Aged 25 years
Embarked 09 December 1916 per 'Kaiser-i-Hind' from Sydney
Appointment terminated 03 January 1918
Enlisted 04 January 1918 at Sydney, NSW
Embarked 08 May 1918 per 'Osterley' from Sydney, NSW
Served in Abbassia
Appointment terminated 14 January 1919
Married Ross Blyth JACOB from South Australia.
Died 21 April 1983
Cremated Centennial Park Cemetery
But few of them have excelled Sister Beethan for a sturdy bit of pioneering. She took unto herself a husband, and was last seen trekking into the Nullabor Plain with her household effects stacked mountains high on a camel caravan.
Australian Women's Weekly Saturday 27 January 1934 page 24
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