HAMILTON, Maud Clow
| Service Numbers: | Nurse, Staff Nurse |
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| Enlisted: | 1 October 1918, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Staff Nurse |
| Last Unit: | Lines of Communication Units |
| Born: | Hughenden, Queensland, Australia, 10 October 1890 |
| Home Town: | Mount Evelyn, Yarra Ranges, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Nurse |
| Died: | Natural Causes, Berrigan, New South Wales, Australia , 1982 |
| Cemetery: |
Berrigan Lawn Cemetery, New South Wales, Australia Family Plot At Rest with Husband Allan Flores Stevenson (Late AFC) |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Oct 1918: | Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 14 Oct 1918: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Nurse, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Wyreema embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 14 Oct 1918: | Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), SS Wyreema, Sydney | |
| 14 Dec 1918: | Transferred Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Nursing Sister, Miscellaneous Hospitals, Posted to Woodmans Point Quarantine Station Fremantle WA for duty | |
| 2 Feb 1919: | Discharged Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Staff Nurse, Miscellaneous Hospitals, Discharged 3MD Cessation of hostilities |
World War 2 Service
| 12 Jan 1943: | Enlisted Philanthropic Organisations, Lines of Communication Units, YMCA representative 3MD Victoria Line of Communication units | |
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| 11 Jun 1946: | Discharged Philanthropic Organisations, Lines of Communication Units, Appointment terminated Southern Command Melbourne Cessation of Hostilities |
2nd Lieutenant Maud Clow Hamilton
2nd LT Maud Hamilton AANS completed her RN qualification at Royal Melbourne Hospital in Melbourne of 1918.
Younger sister of Iver Clow Hamilton ( TPR 536 late of the 8th Light Horse).
On Iver's discharge form the AIF in April 1918 Maud applied for a commission in the AANS and was appointed as a 2nd Lieutenant in the AIF.
Posted to the nursing staff of the British Forces in Salonika on sailing to the posting in late October 1918 Turkish Forces surrendered to Allies. In early November of 1918 and at sea the transport ship was redirected to Fremantle Australia . Where Nursing Staff disembarked to man the Quarantine station at Woodsman Point south of Fremantle Western Australia. Here AANS staff tendered to returning AIF members who had being diagnosed with the Spanish flu. Once the epidemic was officially over ANNS staff were returned to home station for discharge.
In the 1920's Maud Hamilton married 2nd Lieutenant (Pilot) Allan Stevenson ( late of 4 Squadron AIF). On his return from occupation duties in Germany.
In WW2 Maud Stevenson volunteered for service with Australian Red Cross Organisation in Melbourne. Serving from 1942 to 1945.
Submitted 30 March 2017 by Pam Hamilton