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BEST, Edith Henrietta
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) |
| Born: | Nowra, New South Wales, Australia, 1883 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Nurse |
| Died: | Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia, 4 August 1962, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW PLOT Niche wall OA, Site 59 |
| Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 9 Dec 1916: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Kaiser-i-Hind embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
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| 9 Dec 1916: | Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), SS Kaiser-i-Hind, Sydney |
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Sister
AANS
Born 1883 at Nowra, NSW
Daughter of Reverend Joseph and Henrietta A BEST
Of St. James Rectory, Croydon, NSW
Enlisted 29 September 1916 at Sydney, NSW
Aged 35 years
Embarked 09 December 1916 per 'Kaiser-i-Hind' from Sydney
Served in Egypt
Returned to Australia 12 November 1919 per 'Port Sydney'
Appointment terminated 28 November 1919
Did not marry
Died 1962 in NSW
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