MCCARTHY, Emma Maud
Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Sister |
Last Unit: | Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service |
Born: | Paddington, Sydney, NSW, 22 September 1859 |
Home Town: | Paddington, Woollahra, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Springfield College Sydney, University of Sydney |
Occupation: | Nursing Sister |
Died: | Natural Causes, At home, Chelsea, London, Middlesex, England, 1 April 1949, aged 89 years |
Cemetery: |
Hanwell Cemetery, Ealing London, England |
Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
Date unknown: | Involvement British Forces (All Conflicts), Sister, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Eldest child of William Frederick MCCARTHY (Solictor) and Emma Mary nee A'BECKETT.
Dame Emma Maud McCarthy received the following awards -
King's South Africa Medal 1902
Queen's South Africa Medal 1902
Royal Red Cross 1902
American Red Cross Medal 1918
Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire 1918
Florence Nightingale Medal 1918
Lady of Grace of St John of Jerusalem 1918
Medaille Epidemies an Vermeille (France) 1918
Royal Red Cross and Bar 1918
Chevalier of the Legion d’honneur (France) 1920
Medaille de la Reine Elisabeth (Belgium) 1921