Jessie McHardie WHITE MBE, RRC, MID

WHITE, Jessie McHardie

    Service Number: N/A
    Enlisted: Not yet discovered
    Last Rank: Principal Matron
    Last Unit: Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1)
    Born: Yarra Glen, Victoria, Australia , 24 July 1870
    Home Town: Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Nursing Sister
    Died: East Hawthorn, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 26 October 1957, aged 87 years, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Melbourne General Cemetery, Carlton, Victoria
    Plot:MGC-PRE-Comp-G-No-118A Matron Jessie McHardy Williamson White
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    World War 1 Service

    29 Oct 1914: Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Matron, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Embarked HMAT Benalla
    21 Jun 1916: Honoured Mention in Dispatches, Mentioned in Despatches Date of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 21 September 1916 Location in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: Page 2624, position 69 Date of London Gazette: 21 June 1916 Location in London Gazette: Page 6184, position 61
    21 Sep 1916: Honoured Royal Red Cross (1st Class), Awarded Royal Red Cross (1st Class) Date of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 21 September 1916 Location in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: Page 2622, position 32 Date of London Gazette: 3 June 1916 Location in London Gazette: Page 5579, position 2
    7 Nov 1918: Honoured Mention in Dispatches, Mentioned in Despatches Date of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 7 November 1918 Location in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: Page 2112, position 26 Date of London Gazette: 11 June 1918 Location in London Gazette: Page 6926, position 2
    7 Aug 1919: Discharged Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Principal Matron, N/A, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1)

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    Biography contributed by Sandra Barry

    Jessie was born in 1870, the daughter of John Williamson and Mary Williamson nee Mc Hardy.

    In 1893, Jessie married Thomas James White. 

    Jessie passed away on 26.10.1957 at East Hawthorn. Her remains were cremated at Springvale Botanical Cemetery on 30.10.1957 and collected.

    Jessie’s remains were then buried at Melbourne General Cemetery on 13.11.1957 with those of her husband who had pre-deceased her in 1896.  (Her name has not been included on the gravestone)

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