CAIRNS, Sarah
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Staff Nurse |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) |
| Born: | 2 December 1886, place not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Queensland Australian Army Nursing Service Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Mar 1917: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kanowna embarkation_ship_number: A61 public_note: '' | |
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| 21 Mar 1917: | Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), HMAT Kanowna, Sydney | |
| 2 May 1917: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Served in Egypt | |
| 12 Aug 1917: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Transferred to Alexandria | |
| 8 Apr 1919: | Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Returned to Australia | |
| 26 Jun 1919: | Discharged Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Medals: British War Medal and Victory Medal. |
Appointed Matron of Thronburg College, Charters Towers
MATRON CAIRNS
Miss S. Cairns who has been appointed matron of Thronburg College, Charters Towers, has now taken up her duties at the college. The new matron has had extensive experience both in Australia and abroad. Trained in the Brisbane Children's Hospital, she has had hospital experience in many parts of the State and was matron at the Babinda Hospital and just recently at Gordonvale. Matron Cairns saw service overseas in the Great War, being stationed at Salonika and Egypt. Since the war she had five years' hospital and college experience in Canada. Such a travelled and experience matron will surely prove her great capacity at Thornburgh and will be heartily welcomed by the boys.
Cairns Post Friday 27 January 1933 page 3
Submitted 16 February 2016 by Faithe Jones
Biography contributed by Sandra Barry
Sarah was born in 1886, the daughter of John Cairns and Jean Cairns nee Robson. (Her mother died in 1898 and her father remarried Margaret Wylie Dexter in Cairns 1899.
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