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WILLIS, Ada Mary
Personal Details
| Service Number: | N/A |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 23 September 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Sister |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) |
| Born: | Crookwell, New South Wales, Australia, 7 December 1888 |
| Home Town: | Crookwell, Upper Lachlan Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Nurse, Matron |
| Died: | Natural Causes, St Andrew’s, Scotland , 1 April 1970, aged 81 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Crookwell War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 23 Sep 1916: | Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, N/A, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) | |
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| 21 Mar 1917: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kanowna embarkation_ship_number: A61 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Mar 1917: | Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), HMAT Kanowna, Sydney | |
| 28 Aug 1919: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Kearney
AKA Ada Mary Calvert
Biography contributed by Sarah Miller
Ada was born at Crookwell in 1888. She is the daughter of Charles Willis and Mary Irvine/Irving.
Ada was Matron at Bega Hospital before she enlisted. She enlisted shortly after her brother Frank Lindsay Willis as KIA in Egypt.
Ada married widower Rev John Calvert at Crookwell in 1924. They had one daughter Edith Partington Calvert, a biology teacher, who married Richard Northcott in Suva, Fiji in 1957.
Edith's daughter says Ada passed away and was buried in Scotland in 1970. (Another Ada Mary Calvert died in Chatswood in 1958)
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