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SAVAGE, Ellen
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | NX761012, NFX76584 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 May 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) |
| Born: | Quirindi, New South Wales, Australia, 17 October 1912 |
| Home Town: | Quirindi, Liverpool Plains, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Nursing Sister |
| Died: | 25 April 1985, aged 72 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Gold Coast - AHS Centaur Memorial, Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital Memorial Rose Garden |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 24 May 1941: | Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Lieutenant Colonel, NX761012, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) | |
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| 24 May 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, NFX76584 | |
| 8 Mar 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, NFX76584 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Pauline Graves
On board the "Centaur" when it was sunk. Awarded the George Medal. First nurse to receive the Florence Nightingale Scholarship.
From Dorothy Durrant's book "Quirindi 1939-1950 Courage and Commitment"
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