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KING, Lydia Kate
Personal Details
| Service Number: | AANS |
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| Enlisted: | 24 November 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Nursing Sister |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) |
| Born: | Glebe, Sydney New South Wales, 24 February 1886 |
| Home Town: | Orange, Orange Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Trained at Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney |
| Occupation: | Trained Nurse |
| Died: | Turramurra, New South Wales, 18 September 1972, aged 86 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Orange Holy Trinity Anglican Church Honour Board, Orange WW1 Honour Board |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 24 Nov 1914: | Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, AANS, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) | |
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| 28 Nov 1914: | Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, AANS, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Embarked on HMAT 'A55' Kyarra from Sydney on 28th November 1914 | |
| 4 Nov 1915: |
Transferred
Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Lydia KING's service record does not contain the normal documented record of service. From the record and the various other documented information it is known that she served on the hospital ships Grantully Castle and Sicilia off the Gallipoli coast. She also served on vessel(s) between Alexandria, Egypt and Malta. Lydia also served transport duties on HMT 'A38' Ulysses on a return voyage to Australia in January 1916 and returned to the Middle East on SS Euripides in April 1916 Lydia also did VAD duties at Harefield after her resignation from the service from June 1917 to December 1917. |
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| 1 Dec 1915: | Promoted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Nursing Sister, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) | |
| 31 Jan 1917: | Discharged Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Nursing Sister, AANS, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Discharged due to marriage |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
Daughter of Henry James and Lydia Knapp (nee WHITFIELD) KING.
Married Herbert Gordon CARTER on 31st January 1917 in England
Five children
- Beatrice Wynne CARTER, born 20th May 1918 in North Earling England died 3rd May 1920
- Edward Gordon CARTER, born 14th August 1919 in Sydney died 2015
- John Whitfield CARTER, born 20th April 1921 in Roseville died 1st April 1944 whilst serving as a Pilot Officer in RAAF during WWII
- Anthony James CARTER, born 5th June 1923 in Roseville died 22nd December 2010
- plus one unknown
Sister of
- Whitfield (Whitty) KING
- Philip Henry KING
- Lydia margaret KING
- George Frederick KING
- AANS Esther Wynne KING - Australian Army Nursing Service, returned to Australia December 1919 (born 1888)
- Harold James King
- Wilfred James KING and
- Emily Florence KING
An extract of Lydia Kate KING's diary can be found in the book "Willingly into the Fray: One Hundred Years of Australian Nursing by Catherine McCullagh
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