Briseis (Bessie) BELSTEAD

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BELSTEAD, Briseis

Service Numbers:	Not yet discovered
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Not yet discovered
Last Unit:	3rd Australian General Hospital - WW1
Born:	Westbury, Tasmania, Australia, 7 June 1881
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Nurse
Died:	Victoria, Australia, 5 April 1949, aged 67 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Tristania Wall 2BB Niche 718
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

18 May 1915:	Involvement 3rd Australian General Hospital - WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Mooltan embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
18 May 1915:	Embarked 3rd Australian General Hospital - WW1, RMS Mooltan, Melbourne
26 Dec 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1

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Biography

Sister
AANS
3rd AGH

Born 07 June 1881 at Westbury, Tas.
Daughter of Francis BELSTEAD and Margaret Jessie nee CROMBIE
Of 'Lauriston', Ferndean Avenue, Hobart, Tas.
Aged 33 years
Trained at Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Vic.

Enlisted 05 May 1915
Embarked 18 May 1915
Served in Gallipoli, Egypt and France
Returned to Australia per 'Ormonde' 01 August 1919
Discharged as Medically unfit 26 December 1919
Did not marry
Died 05 April 1949 in Vic.
Late of 404 Punt Road, South Yarra, Vic.
Cremated Springvale Botanical Cemetery Tristania Wall 2BB Niche 718

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