O'SHEA, Constance Elizabeth
| Service Number: | Staff Nurse |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Staff Nurse |
| Last Unit: | Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve (QAIMNSR) |
| Born: | Poplar, England, 1888 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Nurse |
| Died: | RGH, Concord, NSW, 15 August 1972, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Apr 1915: | Embarked Staff Nurse, embarked on Orontes | |
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| 21 Apr 1915: | Involvement Staff Nurse, Staff Nurse, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve (QAIMNSR), Resigned from Service due to marriage |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Born 1888 in Poplar, England as Constance Elizabeth SHEA
Daughter of Frederick Patrick O'SHEA and Ella Ann nee McDONALD
Of 14 Philip St., Rossethenville, Johnanesburg, South Africa
Resided Melbourne, Vic.
Embarked from Australia 21 April 1915
Posted to France 26 June 1915
Isolation Hospital Calais
11 Stationary Hospital 19 January 1916
To England Sick 27 April 1916
To Alexandria Hospital Cosham 28 September 1916
To 'Glengorm Castle' 19 October 1916
To England sick 03 November 1916
Engagement terminated 03 December 1916
Suffered from Anaemia and Gastritis 10 November 1916
Served Wharncliffe Hospital 03 December 1917
Served Military Hospital, Weymouth 24 May 1918
Resigned from service due to marriage 12 November 1918
Married November 1918 to Robert John MUNDEN
Returning to Australia per 'Osterley' embarked 21 May 1919
Resided 234 Dowling Street, Darlinghurst, Sydney, NSW in 1920
Died RGH, Concord, NSW 15 August 1972
Late of Thornleigh, NSW
Appointed an Imperial Army Nurse, Sister O'Shea recently left Melbourne to take up this position.
She was sister-in-charge of the Men's Surgical ward at the Homoeopathic Hospital, and was popular among both hospital staff and patients.
Sister O'Shea was born in England, and was educated in South Australia. She took up nursing as a career in her teens, and soon made headway in her profession.
She enjoyed the confidence of the medical men under whom she worked, and her appointment will give satisfaction to her many friends.
Weekly Times Saturday 19 June 1915 page 10
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