Eva Blanche (Birdie) THORNTON

THORNTON, Eva Blanche

Service Number: Staff Nurse
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Staff Nurse
Last Unit: Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve (QAIMNSR)
Born: Muswellbrook, NSW, 1881
Home Town: Muswellbrook, Muswellbrook, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Nurse
Died: Lady Gowie Home, Gordon, NSW, 13 March 1963, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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World War 1 Service

18 Dec 1915: Involvement Staff Nurse, Staff Nurse, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve (QAIMNSR), Embarked per 'Karoola'
18 Dec 1915: Embarked Staff Nurse, Staff Nurse, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve (QAIMNSR), Embarked on Karoola

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Biography 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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