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CAVE, Elva Jessie Gould
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | 7 May 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Staff Nurse |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) |
| Born: | Petersburg, South Australia, 5 February 1895 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Frankston, Victoria, Australia, 13 April 1987, aged 92 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Cremated remains scattered at cemetery - Elva Jessie Gould Bell. |
| Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 7 May 1917: | Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse | |
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| 22 May 1917: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 22 May 1917: | Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), HMAT Benalla, Fremantle | |
| 20 Jul 1917: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Arrived in Plymouth, England | |
| 4 Aug 1917: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Detached to Croydon War Hospital ex Hotel York. | |
| 8 Feb 1918: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Attended No 2 AAH for duty, Southall. | |
| 15 Feb 1918: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Detached from duty with No 2AAH and moved for duty with 1AAH, England | |
| 3 Apr 1918: | Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Proceed overseas to France via Southampton. | |
| 4 Apr 1918: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Posted for duty at 4GH in France | |
| 5 May 1918: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, To hospital sick 5.5.1918 France | |
| 25 Jun 1918: | Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Appendicitis while in France, operation in England | |
| 31 Jul 1918: | Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Returned to Australia 31 July 1918 per “Malta”- Invalid nurse | |
| 6 Jan 1919: | Discharged Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Discharged as medically unfit (severe appendicitis) Medals: British War Medal and Victory Medal. |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sandra Barry
Elva was the daughter of John Charles Cave and Jessie Ethel Olive Cave nee Hilson.
In 1920 Elva married Dr. James Burleigh Bell.