VIERK, Ernestine Sophia
| Service Number: | Staff Nurse |
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| Enlisted: | 13 December 1914, No 8 Australian General Hosptial |
| Last Rank: | Staff Nurse |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) |
| Born: | Nuriootpa, SA, 16 June 1877 |
| Home Town: | Cunderdin, Cunderdin, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Nursing Sister |
| Died: | WA, 4 May 1960, aged 82 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Rose Garden site 15 Position 0036 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Dec 1914: | Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Staff Nurse, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), No 8 Australian General Hosptial | |
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| 14 Jun 1917: | Discharged Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Staff Nurse, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Medically unfit | |
| 11 Oct 1917: | Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Staff Nurse, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Daughter of Ernst Friedrick VIERK and Ellen Mary nee TROTTER
Of WA
Aged 39 years
Enlisted at No 8 Australian General Hospital 13 December 1914
Embarked 13 December 1914 per 'Kyarra'
Served in Bombay
Returned to Australia 17 Mary 1917 per 'Beltana'
Discharged as medically unfit 14 June 1917
Enlisted 11 October 1917
Returned to Australia 17 March 1917 per 'Beltana'
Appointment terminated 16 July 1918
Married George BROWN
Her many friends in Western Australia will learn with regret that Nurse Vierk has been very in suffering from a combination of malaria, neuritis, and general breakdown, following on the strain of arduous work. News has been cabled from Bombay to the effect that she is out of danger and progressing satisfactorily. As soon as she can make the voyage safely, Nurse Vierk will be taken to England, and probably win be sent later to Perth. Nurse Vierk has had two years of strenuous military nursing, and her endurance and courage have marked her as one of the finest of the nursing profession on service during the war.
The Daily News Perth Wednesday 06 December 1916 page 3
Sister Ernestine Vierk, of West Australia, is engaged to Mr. George Brown, of the Audit Department, Perth. She lately returned with a batch of other Australian nurses from active service,and is now on the staff of a hospital in Perth.
The Newsletter:an Australian Paper for Australian People Saturday 08 September 1917 page 8
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