Marion Theresa BIGNELL

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BIGNELL, Marion Theresa

Service Number:	Sister
Enlisted:	11 January 1916
Last Rank:	Sister
Last Unit:	Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1)
Born:	Port Fairy, Vic., 1885
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Nurse
Died:	Victoria, November 1944, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Pittosporum Wall 2AA Niche 345
Memorials:

11 Jan 1916:	Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, Sister, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1)
26 Dec 1916:	Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Mooltan embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
26 Dec 1916:	Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), RMS Mooltan, Melbourne

Biography

Daughter of John James Rai BIGNELL and Marion nee HENDERSON

She was married to Major J B Reid.

MRS MARION REID

Mrs Marion Theresa Reid, wife of Major J. B. Reid, of Barker's rd, Kew, died in a Melbourne hospital on Friday. She was a returned nurse of the last war and served in India, Africa, and Egypt. Before her marriage she was Miss Bignell. After her marriage she spent 20 years in India, where her husband was attached to the Army. They were in New Guinea and Rabaul for two years, leaving shortly before the Japanese occupation.

The Argus Monday 27 November 1944 page 4

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