BAIRD, Eileen
| Service Number: | Staff Nurse |
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| Enlisted: | 1 December 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Staff Nurse |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) |
| Born: | Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia, 22 March 1889 |
| Home Town: | Darlinghurst, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Nurse |
| Died: | Natural Causes, New York, United States of America, 2 December 1987, aged 98 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Mooroopna Base Hospital Graduates Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Dec 1916: | Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Staff Nurse, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) | |
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| 9 Jun 1917: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Mooltan embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 9 Jun 1917: | Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), RMS Mooltan, Sydney | |
| 27 May 1919: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Awarded the Medal of Military Merit 4th Class by H M King of the Hellenes. Extract from List 161 approved by the GOG in E. British Army of the Black Sea 27 May 1919 | |
| 12 Jul 1919: | Discharged Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Returned to Australia per 'Ulysses' 15th March 1919 and was declared medically unfit and discharged 12th July 1919 |
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Born 1889 in Goulburn, New South Wales, Eileen was the daughter of Ellen McLAUGHLIN, of 146 Phillip Street, Sydney, NSW
Enlisting at the age of 27 years on 01 December 1916 she embarked 09 June 1917 from Sydney per 'Mooltan'. Eileen spent her war years serving in Egypt and returned to Australia per 'Ulysses' 15 March 1919 and was discharged as medically unfit 12 July 1919'
She was awarded the Medal of Military Merit 4th Class by H M King of the Hellenes.
Extract from List 161 approved by the GOG in E British Army of the Black Sea 27 May 1919
Most records show she used the surname McLaughlin.
She went to USA and became a naturalized citizen in New York.
*** there is a record of an Eileen B McLaughlin death in New York on 2 December 1987. Gives her date of birth as 22 March 1889.***
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