THORNTON, Eva Blanche
| Service Number: | Staff Nurse |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Staff Nurse |
| Last Unit: | Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve (QAIMNSR) |
| Born: | Muswellbrook, New South Wales, Australia, 1881 |
| Home Town: | Muswellbrook, Muswellbrook, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Nurse |
| Died: | Natural Causes, Lady Gowie Home, Gordon, New South Wales, Australia, 13 March 1963 |
| Cemetery: |
Newcastle Memorial Park (fmly Beresfield Crematorium) Rose B 1/33 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Dec 1915: | Involvement Staff Nurse, Staff Nurse, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve (QAIMNSR), Embarked per 'Karoola' | |
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| 18 Dec 1915: | Embarked Staff Nurse, Staff Nurse, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve (QAIMNSR), Embarked on Karoola |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Daughter of Sylvester Louis THORNTON and Mary Agnes nee KEOGH
Of Thorndale, Muswellbrook, NSW
Embarked 18 December 1915 per 'Karoola'
Served in 1st Bermingham War Hospital
Married William Louis Carl BRECHT 10 September 1918 at St. Jude's Church, Kensington, England
She resided in England at Eversleigh Court Hotel, 109 Cromwell Road, Kensington, England
Returned to Australia per 'Osterley' to Sydney 08 July 1919
Her husband died in Sydney in 1939 and was buried at the Beresfield Crematorium (now known as Newcastle Memorial Park), the couple were residing at West Maitland, NSW They had one son.
Sunday Times Sunday 01 December 1918 page 17
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