ALLEN, Caroline Mary
| Service Number: | Sister |
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| Enlisted: | 8 August 1915, Helonan, Egypt |
| Last Rank: | Sister |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) |
| Born: | Branxholme, Victoria, Australia , 1871 |
| Home Town: | Branxholme, Southern Grampians, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Matron |
| Died: | Perth, Western Australia, 13 December 1957, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Rose Gardens 4E 0018 |
| Memorials: | Branxholme & District Roll of Honour WW1, Branxholme St. James Honour Roll, Branxholme War Memorial, Hamilton Hospital Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Aug 1915: | Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, Sister, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Helonan, Egypt | |
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| 11 Aug 1915: | Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), RMS Orontes, Fremantle | |
| 11 Aug 1915: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 11 Jul 1916: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Served in England with No 1 A.H. Harefield Hospital. | |
| 26 Jan 1918: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Served in France | |
| 10 Dec 1918: | Promoted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister | |
| 5 Dec 1919: | Discharged Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal. |
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Daughter of Edward ALLEN and Ann nee CAPENHURST
Of Branxholme, Hamilton, Vic.
Occupation prior to enlistment Matron Private Hospital
Did not marry
The many friends of Matron and Sister Caroline Allen, late of Anatole Hospital, Kalgoorlie, will be glad to hear news of them. After nursing at the front during the years of the great war they have now settled at Udue-road, Harvey, in the south-west of W.A., on an orange and lemon orchard. They are fascinated with the work, and find it a beneficial departure from the strain of professional nursing. They send greetings to. their Kalgoorlie friends.
Western Argus Tuesday 03 July 1923 page 14
The many goldfields friends of Sister Hester Caroline Allen, who for many years conducted Anatole Hospital in Brookman-street, will be pleased to learn that she will be paying a short visit to Kalgoorlie before journeying on to Sydney to take a post graduate course in child welfare. Sister Caroline was amongst the first of our nurses to volunteer for war service and was with the Anzacs at Gallipoli, after wards going to France and in England. On returning to Australia after the war. she felt she needed rest and took up an orange grove at Harvey. The call of her life's work, however, has made it necessary to give it up, in order that she may continue her nursing career, and she is now en route to Sydney for the purpose. She will be the guest or Mrs Wm. Schwann, of Outridge terrace, during her short stay here.
Kalgoorlie Miner Friday 02 October 1925 page 3