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WW1 nurses

These are the East Melbourne people who served in the First World War as nurses. Some were born here, some lived and worked here and some registered for service here.

Click on a name to go to an individual's biography.

Namesort icon Military units Roll of Honour Author
BLACK, Emily Conyngham
Australian Army Nursing Service
(17th British General Hospital)
(50th British General Hospital)
(52nd British General Hospital)
(42nd British General Hospital)
Janet Scarfe
BLUNDELL, Madeline Patricia Petrie
Australian Army Nursing Service
(3rd Australian General Hospital)
(2nd Australian General Hospital)
(1st Australian Auxiliary Hospital)
(Hospital and troop transports)
Janet Scarfe
Peter Fielding
BONNIN, Irene Gertrude Hiller
Australian Army Nursing Service
(1 Australian General Hospital)
(3 Australian Auxiliary Hospital)
Janet Scarfe
BROOKE, Katie Winifred
Australian Army Nursing Service (Indian Nursing Service)
(Deccan Military Hospital, Poona, India)
(Station Hospital, Bangalore)
(19th British Station Hospital, Rawalpindi)
Janet Scarfe
BROOKS, Constance Jessie
Australian Army Nursing Service (Indian Nursing Service)
[Colaba War Hospital]
[18 British Hospital]
[Victoria War Hospital]
[Hospital Ship Ellora]
[Gerald Freeman Thomas Hospital]
Janet Scarfe
Peter Fielding
CAMERON, Edith Clare
Australian Army Nursing Service
(1 Australian General Hospital)
(26 [British] General Hospital)
(1 Australian Casualty Clearing Station)
(10 Stationary Hospital)
(1 and 2 Australian Auxiliary Hospitals)
(31, 71 and 14 [British] General Hospitals)
Janet Scarfe
CECIL, Edith Ruth
Australian Army Nursing Service
(1 Australian General Hospital)
(3 Australian Auxiliary Hospital)
(Military Infectious Hospital, Choubra)
(13 [British] General Hospital)
(Sea Transport Staff Sections 7-8)
Janet Scarfe
CRAMER, Winifred Mary Australian Military Forces (Home Service)
Janet Scarfe
DICKINSON, Ruby Droma
Australian Army Nursing Service
(21 General Hospital)
(60 General Hospital)
(3 Australian Auxiliary Hospital)
Janet Scarfe
DILNOT, Emily Queen Alexandra Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve
Janet Scarfe
EDGCUMBE, Erica Valletort Australian Army Nursing Service
Janet Scarfe
EDWARDS, Ernestine Mabel
Australian Army Nursing Service
(25 British General Hospital 1917-19 (primarily))
Janet Scarfe
FEGAN, Catherine Agnes
Australian Army Nursing Service
(1 Australian General Hospital)
(1 Australian Auxiliary Hospital)
(3 Australian General Hospital)
(14 Australian General Hospital)
(2 Australian Auxiliary Hospital)
(2 Australian General Hospital)
(3 Australian Auxiliary Hospital)
Janet Scarfe
FREY, Maud Josephine
Australian Army Nursing Service
(1 Australian General Hospital)
(3 Australian General Hospital)
(2 Australian Auxiliary Hospital)
(Sea Transport Staff Section 8)
Janet Scarfe
GALLIN, Alice Matilda
Australian Army Nursing Service
(1 Australian General Hospital)
(1 Australian Casualty Clearing Station)
(2 Australian Auxiliary Hospital)
(Deccan War Hospital)
Janet Scarfe
GALLIN, Eleanor
Australian Army Nursing Service
(1 Australian General Hospital)
(Station Hospital, Trimulgherry, India)
(Birmingham War Hospital)
(2 Australian General Hospital)
Janet Scarfe
GALLIN, Mary Josephine
Australian Army Nursing Service
(1 Australian Auxiliary Hospital)
(2 Australian Auxiliary Hospital)
(3 Australian General Hospital)
Janet Scarfe
GEMMELL, Jessie Ross
Australian Army Nursing Service
(1 Australian General Hospital)
(1 Australian Auxiliary Hospital)
(70 General Hospital)
(31 General Hospital)
Janet Scarfe
GIDDINGS, Ethel May
Australian Army Nursing Service
(Cumballa War Hospital)
(Deccan Military Hospital)
(60 General Hospital)
(42 General Hospital)
Janet Scarfe
HALL, May Isabel
Australian Army Nursing Service
(3 Australian General Hospital)
(1 Australian General Hospital)
(2 Australian General Hospital)
(Nursing duties in various troop transports)
(Special Service SS Rugia 1919)
Janet Scarfe
HART, Annie Kidd
Australian Army Nursing Service
(1 Australian General Hospital)
(1 Australian Stationary Hospital)
(Cobham Hall Hospital)
(3 Australian General Hospital)
(5 Stationary Hospital)
(3 Australian Auxiliary Hospital)
Janet Scarfe
HOBLER, Minnie
Australian Army Nursing Service
(1 Australian General Hospital)
(3 Australian Auxiliary Hospital)
(No 6 British Stationary Hospital)
(No 3 British General Hospital)
Janet Scarfe
HORNSEY, Ruby Millie
Australian Army Nursing Service
(2 Australian General Hospital)
(23 General Hospital)
(10 British Stationary Hospital)
(1 Australian Casualty Clearing Station)
(1 Australian Auxiliary Hospital)
(2 Australian Auxiliary Hospital)
Janet Scarfe
JOHNSON, Bessie Shircliffe
Australian Army Nursing Service
(1 Australian Auxiliary Hospital)
(London War Hospital)
(14 Australian General Hospital)
(31 British General Hospital)
(60 General Hospital)
Janet Scarfe
KENDALL, Eleanor Jane
Australian Army Nursing Service
(1 Australian General Hospital)
(1 Australian Casualty Clearing Station)
(10 General Hospital)
(Croydon War Hospital)
Janet Scarfe
KEPPEL, Beatrice Emma
Australian Army Nursing Service
(3 Australian Auxiliary Hospital)
(38 Stationary Hospital)
Janet Scarfe
KING, Agnes Wotherspoon
Australian Army Nursing Service
(No 1 Australian General Hospital)
(No 1 Australian Auxiliary Hospital)
(No 2 Australian Auxiliary Hospital)
Janet Scarfe
LAWRENCE, Helen Ruth
Australian Army Nursing Service
(2 Australian General Hospital)
(1 South African General Hospital)
(3 Australian General Hospital)
(1 Australian Casualty Clearing Station)
Janet Scarfe
LEE-ARCHER, Estelle Frances
Australian Army Nursing Service
Principal hospitals only:
(1 Australian General Hospital)
(2 Australian Auxiliary Hospital)
(3 Australian General Hospital)
Janet Scarfe
LINDSAY, Ina Isabel
Australian Army Nursing Service
4th General Hospital
Jill Fenwick
MACARTNEY, Dora Lynette
Australian Army Nursing Service
(2 Australian Auxiliary Hospital)
Janet Scarfe
McKINNELL, Bertha
Australian Army Nursing Service
(1 Australian General Hospital)
(14 Stationary Hospital)
(Croydon War Hospital)
(3 Australian Auxiliary Hospital)
Janet Scarfe
McKINNON, Mary
Australian Army Nursing Service
(No 2 Australian General Hospital)
(HS Kanowna)
Janet Scarfe
MILLER, Edith Caroline Munckton
Australian Army Nursing Service
(4 Australian Auxiliary Hospital)
(Queen Mary's Military Hospital, Lancashire)
(2 Australian General Hospital)
Janet Scarfe
NEWTON, Eileen Catherine Kearney
Australian Army Nursing Service (Indian Nursing Service)
(Deccan Military Hospital, Poona, India)
Janet Scarfe
OUSLEY, Marguerite
Queen Alexandra Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve
(11 General Hospital)
(Royal Victoria Hospital, Netley)
Janet Scarfe
PAYNE, Lily May
Australian Army Nursing Service
(66 General Hospital)
(60 General Hospital)
(42 General Hospital)
Janet Scarfe
PAYNE, Violet Minnie
Australian Army Nursing Service
(1 Australian General Hospital)
(17 Casualty Clearing Station)
(2 Australian General Hospital)
Janet Scarfe
PRIDAY, Stella Muriel
Australian Army Nursing Service
(No 2 Australian Hospital Ship Kanowna)
Janet Scarfe
PURCELL, Annie Watkins Bennett Vize
Australian Army Nursing Service
(1 Australian General Hospital)
(2 Australian Auxiliary Hospital)
(14 Australian General Hospital)
(No 8 Sea Transport Section)
Janet Scarfe
QUARTERMAN, Rosa Elizabeth Kate
Australian Army Nursing Service
(1 Australian General Hospital)
(Helouan Convalescent Hospital)
(No 4 Section, Sea Transport Service)
Janet Scarfe
ROBERTS, Annie Florence
Australian Amy Nursing Service
(2 Australian General Hospital)
(Sea Transport Service)
(Indian Nursing Service)
Janet Scarfe
ROBERTS, Margaret Dorothy Queen Alexandra Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve
WW1 Roll of Honour
Janet Scarfe
ROBERTSON, Gertrude Muriel Norton
Australian Army Nursing Service
(Colabar War Hospital)
(Hospital Ships Devanha and Sicilia)
Janet Scarfe
ROSS, Clara Louisa
Australian Army Nursing Service
(1 Australian General Hospital)
(Ras El Tin Convalescent Hospital)
(3 Australian General Hospital)
(1 Australian Auxiliary Hospital)
(2 Australian Auxiliary Hospital
Janet Scarfe
ROWAN, Eliza
Australian Army Nursing Service
(Freeman Thomas Hospital, Bombay)
(44 British General Hospital, Deolali)
(34 Welsh General Hospital, Deolali)
Janet Scarfe
RUNDELL, Ada Sophia
Australian Army Nursing Service (Masseuse)
(1 Australian General Hospital)
(1 Australian Auxiliary Hospital)
(3 Australian General Hospital)
(2 Australian Auxiliary Hospital)
Janet Scarfe
SEARL, Alice
Australian Army Nursing Service
(8 [British] General Hospital)
(1 Australian General Hospital)
Janet Scarfe
SMITH, Winifred Jane
Australian Army Nursing Service
(1 Australian Auxiliary Hospital)
Janet Scarfe
STEWART, Lyla Ferguson
Australian Army Nursing Service
(2 Australian General Hospital)
(British General Hospitals in Egypt and France)
Janet Scarfe
THOMPSON, Muriel Edith Lucy
Australian Army Nursing Service
(1 Australian General Hospital)
(3 Australian General Hospital)
(2 Australian Auxiliary Hospital)
(3 Australian Auxiliary Hospital)
(25 British General Hospital)
Janet Scarfe
TUCKER, Beryl May
Australian Army Nursing Service - Australian Military Forces
(9 Australian General Hospital)
(12 Australian General Hospital)
Australian Army Nursing Service - India Service
(Colaba War Hospital)
(56 Station Hospital)
(Victoria War Hospital)
(Freeman Thomas Hospital)
Janet Scarfe
WALLER, Louisa
Australian Army Nursing Service
(Deccan Military Hospital, Poona, India)
Janet Scarfe
WATSON, Eileen Marriott
Australian Army Nursing Service
(2 Australian Stationary Hospital, Lemnos)
(18 Stationary Hospital, Bombay)
(Colaba War Hospital)
Janet Scarfe
WHITE, Jessie McHardie Australian Army Nursing Service
Janet Scarfe (additional notes only)
WILSON, Grace Margaret Australian Army Nursing Service
Mike O'Brien

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