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Margaret Mary MACINERNEY

Place of birthBlakemount, Ireland
Place of birthEnnis, Co Clare, Ireland
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationNurse
AddressCaulfield, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation37
Next of kinMother, Mrs Macinerney, Blakemount House, Ennis, Co Clare, Ireland
Previous military serviceServed for 4 months in the Australian Army Nursing Service (Caulfield Hospital, Victoria).
Enlistment date17 April 1917
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll7 September 1917
Place of enlistmentMelbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentStaff Nurse
Unit nameNurses (July 1915 - Nov 1918)
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board SS Karoola on 25 April 1917
Rank from Nominal RollStaff Nurse
Unit from Nominal RollAustralian Army Nursing Service
FateEffective abroad (still overseas)
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Daughter of John MACINERNEY
Discharge date1 June 1919
Other details

War service: embarked Melbourne, 25 April 1917; transshipped at Durban, South Africa, on board HMT 'Corinthic'; disembarked Bombay (via South Africa), 12 June 1917.

Posted to Cumballa War Hospital, Bombay, 12 June 1917, for duty.

Transferred to Station Hospital, Secunderabad, 11 December 1917.

Transferred to Station Hospital, Poona, 20 September 1918.

Appointed Temporary Sister whilst in India, Mesopotamia or on duty at sea, 1 October 1918.

Invalided to Australia on board 'City of Cairo', 29 February 1919 (malaria); disembarked Melbourne, 23 March 1919; discharged, Melbourne, 1 June 1919.

Medal: British War Medal
Date of death2 December 1942
Age at death53
Place of burialLutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane, Queensland
SourcesNAA: B2455, MACINERNEY Margaret Mary

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