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Rose Eleanor CARTER

Place of birthNorth Wangaratta, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationNurse
AddressChiltern, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation31
Next of kinMother, Mrs M A Carter, Railway Station, Chiltern, Victoria
Previous military servicePreviously rejected for service on account of chest trouble.
Enlistment date12 August 1918
Rank on enlistmentStaff Nurse
Unit nameAustralian Army Nursing Service
AWM Embarkation Roll number26/100/1
Rank from Nominal RollNurse
Unit from Nominal RollAustralian Army Nursing Service
FateReturned to Australia 1 December 1919
Discharge date8 May 1921
Other details

War service: India. Embarked from Sydney on board SS 'Malta', 16 October 1918; disembarked Bombay, 14 November 1918.

Posted to 34th Welsh General Hospital, Deolalia, for duty, 14 November 1918.

Transferred to Bombay and embarked for Australia on board SS 'Medic', 1 December 1919. Disembarked Melbourne, 27 December 1919. Appointment terminated (medically unfit), 8 May 1921.

Medal: British War Medal

Date of death28 July 1951
Place of burialCremated: Springvale Crematorium, Melbourne; ashes retained in Boyd Chapel, Springvale.

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