Lavinia Marama BAILLIE

BAILLIE, Lavinia Marama

Service Number: Staff Nurse
Enlisted: 12 June 1915
Last Rank: Staff Nurse
Last Unit: 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF
Born: Levira, Fiji, 16 July 1874
Home Town: Fremantle, Fremantle, Western Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Nurse
Died: Lindfield, NSW, 4 November 1952, aged 78 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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World War 1 Service

12 Jun 1915: Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Staff Nurse, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1)
22 Jul 1915: Involvement 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: ''
22 Jul 1915: Embarked 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF, HMAT Orsova, Fremantle
9 May 1916: Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Returned to Australia per 'Demosthenes'
29 Jul 1916: Discharged Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Discharged as medically unfit

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Biography

Staff Nurse
AANS
No 2 General Hospital

Daughter of Allan BAILLIE and Mary Ann nee TEBBUTT.

Born 1875 in Levira, Fiji, her next of kin is listed as sister of Emma RUSSELL, of 'Kirkaldy' Cavendish Street, Stanmore, Sydney, NSW
Prior to enlistment she was a nurse at Frematle Public Hospital and at the age of 33 years enlisted on 12 June 1915 at Fremantle, WA and embarked 22 July 1915 per 'Orsova'.  Lavinia served in Egypt and returned to Australia 09 May 1916 per 'Demosthenes' and was discharged as medically unfit 29 July 1916.

She went on to be a nurse for the Baby Health Centres in New South Wales and retired in 1939. She did not marry and died 4 November 1952 in Lindfield, New South Wales.

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