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Elsie Elizabeth ENGBLOM

Date of birth20 June 1893
Place of birthDimboola, Victoria
ReligionMethodist
OccupationNurse
AddressFootscray, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinMother, Mrs M E Engblom, Victoria Dairy, 89A Victoria Street, Footscray, Victoria
Enlistment date19 June 1917
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll29 June 1917
Rank on enlistmentStaff Nurse
Unit nameNurses (July 1915 - November 1918)
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board RMS Somali on 30 June 1917
Rank from Nominal RollStaff Nurse
Unit from Nominal RollAustralian Army Nursing Service
FateReturned to Australia 3 July 1919
Discharge date11 October 1919
Other details

War service: India

Embarked Melbourne, 30 June 1917; disembarked Bombay, India, 30 July 1917, and posted to Alexandria Hospital for duty.

Posted to Victoria War Hosptial, Bombay, 10 November 1917.

Posted to HS 'Ellora', for temporary duty, 9 December 1917.

Posted to 34th Welsh General hospital, Deolali, 17 July 1918.

Embarked Bombay for United Kingdom, 18 November 1918.

Disembarked Suez, 11 December 1918.

Embarked Port Said for United Kingdom, 21 January 1919; disembarked Southampton, England, 1 February 1919.

Attached for duty to 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 2 February 1919.

Granted leave with pay (without subsistence allowance), 22 March-19 June 1919 (family reasons: Sweden).

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Norman', 3 July 1919; disembarked Melbourne, 18 August 1919; discharged (termination of period of enlistment), 11 October 1919.

Medal: British War Medal

Married Allan Stefan Stefanson, 7 April 1923 at Footscray, Victoria: two children, Ingrid Mary and Robert Carl.
Date of death23 February 1975
Age at death81
Place of burialWoronora Cemetery, Sydney, New South Wales
SourcesNAA: B2455, ENGBLOM Elsie Elizabeth

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