Caroline Louise BECKER

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BECKER, Caroline Louise

Service Numbers:	Not yet discovered
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Not yet discovered
Last Unit:	Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1)
Born:	Echuca, Vic., 1885
Home Town:	Echuca, Campaspe, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Nurse
Died:	Victoria, 1964, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Echuca War Memorial, Hamilton Hospital Roll of Honour

30 Jun 1917:	Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Somali embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
30 Jun 1917:	Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), RMS Somali, Melbourne

Biography

Staff Nurse
AANS

Born 1885 at Echuca, Vic.
Daughter of Ferdinand August BECKER and Grace Blowey Hoare BOWDEN
Of Sutton Street, Echuca East, Vic.
Trained at Echuca Hospital
Enlisted 18 June 1917 in Melbourne, Vic.
Aged 31 years
Embarked 30 June 1917 per 'Somali' from Melbourne
Served for two years in India (6 months on a Hospital Ship) - Alexandria War Hospital Bombay and Colaba War Hospital Bombay
Returned to Australia 27 August 1919 per 'Pilsna'
Appointment terminated 31 January 1920
Did not marry
Died 1964 in Victoria

Links and Documents

Research Links

Virtual
War Memorial
Australia