May ASHTON MID Update Details

ASHTON, May

Service Number: Sister
Enlisted: 21 November 1914
Last Rank: Head Sister
Last Unit: 1st Australian General Hospital
Born: Burton-Upton-Trent, England, 8 September 1879
Home Town: Perth, Western Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Matron
Died: Heart disease and stroke, Repatriation Hospital, Hollywood, Perth, Western Australia, 1 October 1958, aged 79 years
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
Memorials: Western Australian Garden of Remembrance
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World War 1 Service

21 Nov 1914: Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, Sister, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1)
23 May 1919: Honoured Mention in Dispatches, Commonwealth of Australia Gazette 23 May 1919 on page 879 at position 60
9 Dec 1920: Discharged Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Head Sister, 1st Australian General Hospital
Date unknown: Involvement Sister, 1st Australian General Hospital

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Biography

Occupation prior to enlistment Matron at Perth Public Hospital 3 years, Women's Hospital Melbourne 10 months.

Served in France
Mentioned in despatches