WORRALL, Nellie
| Service Number: | Sister |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Staff Nurse |
| Last Unit: | Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve (QAIMNSR) |
| Born: | Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia, 1877 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Nursing Sister |
| Died: | Repatriation Hospital, Concord, New South Wales, Australia, 10 May 1956, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Apr 1915: | Involvement Sister, Sister, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve (QAIMNSR) | |
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| 6 Apr 1915: | Embarked Staff Nurse, Sister, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve (QAIMNSR), Embarked on Malwa |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Daughter of John WORRALL and Caroline nee CRESSWELL
Embarked from Australia 04 April 1915
Disembarked Suez 02 May 1915
Served 04 April 1915 to 28 December 1919
Served at the No 17 British General Hospital (Victoria College) Alexandria, Egypt from 04 May 1915 then at the Military Infectious Hospital, Choubra, Cairo as Sister and Home Sister.
In England attached to the R V Hospital, Netley as Home Sister, at 'Hamble House' (relieving) and the 'Huts' respectively and later was appointed Sister in Charge of the Ambulance Trains at Southampton, which position she held until demobilised in December 1919
Embarked for Australia per 'Aeneas' 23 November 1919
Address on discharge c/- H WORRALL Esq. 'Chester' Meredith Street, Homebush, Sydney, NSW
Married William GOW on her return to Australia in 1920 in NSW
Resided 'Choubra' Cowra Road, Forbes, NSW
Resided 11 Frederick Street, Oatley, Sydney, NSW in 1938
Died 10 May 1956 in RGH, Concord, NSW
Biography contributed by Pam Trimmer
Nellie Worrall trained at the Royal Hospital for women. Many of the WW1 nurses from Australia travelled to England and Europe at their own expense.
Biography contributed by Pam Trimmer
No awards are listed in Australian sources but The National Archives UK hold a medal card. She died in 1956 at Concord
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