HENSON, Emily Beryl
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Australian General Hospital - WW1 |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales , date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Nurse |
| Memorials: | Mayfield Methodist Church HR |
World War 1 Service
| 15 May 1915: | Involvement 3rd Australian General Hospital - WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Mooltan embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
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| 15 May 1915: | Embarked 3rd Australian General Hospital - WW1, RMS Mooltan, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Glenunga International High School
The First World War started in 1914 when Britain declared war on Germany. Australia then got involved and sent troops to the Gallipoli peninsula, along with more troops from France, Britain and New Zealand. At the time, women weren't allowed to work, and weren't treated equally to men. But they were often encouraged to support the war and many women volunteered for service, most of them being nurses. There were around 2500 nurses in the war, and only 25 died.
Emily Beryl Henson was born near the town of Burwood, Sydney, New South Wales. Her father was J B Henson. On the 23rd of April 1915, she enlisted in the First World War as a nurse, and was working in the 3rd Australian General Hospital. The hospital was established in 1915 in Lemnos, Greece near Gallipoli. Around 40 nurses arrived to work in the hospital. Emily Beryl Henson soon embarked from Sydney on the 15th of May 1915 at the age of 28 as a single woman. The ship was called the RMS Mooltan.
She worked in the hospital for most of the war, having breaks for short periods of time in between. Sometimes she would even have duties in the 2nd Australian General Hospital. On the the 9th of January 1919, she injured her left hip. Then a short while later, on the 31st of January, she got sick and her condition was unknown. She was admitted to hospital in Southwell Gardens, London, but later returned to duty. On the 3rd of March 1919, she returned to Australia from England at the end of the war.