WILLIAMS, Fannie Eleanor
| Service Number: | Nurse |
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| Enlisted: | 20 July 1915, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Sister |
| Last Unit: | 1st Australian General Hospital |
| Born: | Reed Beds, South Australia, 4 July 1884 |
| Home Town: | Henley Beach , City of Charles Sturt / Henley and Grange, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Nurse |
| Died: | Natural causes, Armadale, Victoria, Australia, 1 January 1963, aged 78 years |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne MEMORIAL ID - 188750895 |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Royal Adelaide Hospital WW1 Roll of Honour, Keswick South Australian Army Nurses Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Jul 1915: | Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Nurse, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 6 Aug 1915: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, 3rd Australian General Hospital - WW1, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 6 Aug 1915: | Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, 3rd Australian General Hospital - WW1, RMS Orontes, Adelaide | |
| 13 Oct 1916: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches, Mentioned in General Nursing dispatches | |
| 29 Jun 1917: | Honoured Royal Red Cross (2nd Class), Awarded Royal Red Cross 2nd Class Date of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 29 June 1917 Location in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: Page 1390, position 88 Date of London Gazette: 1 January 1917 Location in London Gazette: Page 47, position 9 | |
| 26 May 1919: | Discharged Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, 1st Australian General Hospital |
Trained in Adelaide Hospital
Sister F.E. Williams, R.R.C., who was awarded the Royal Red Cross early in January, has since been transferred to the Lester Institute, was trained at the Adelaide Children's Hospital, and when finished became sister in charge of the laboratory attached to that institution, where she remained for two years. She then accepted a position in the laboratory of the Adelaide Hospital, which she retained for nearly five years. On volunteering for work at the front she was sent to Lemnos, and later to Egypt. Sister William sis a daughter of Mrs. H Williams, of Opie Street, St. Peters, and of the late Mr. James Williams of Tockington Park, Reedbeds.
The Register Saturday 03 March 1917 page 8
Submitted 10 March 2016 by Faithe Jones
Biography
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Biography contributed by Sandra Barry
Fannie was the daughter of James Williams and Helen Williams nee Dubois.
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