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LEE-BROWN, Olive
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Sister |
| Last Unit: | 1st Australian General Hospital |
| Born: | Swanwater West, Victoria, Australia, 1884 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Kew, Victoria, Australia, 14 November 1940, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Plot: Agonis, Bed 6, Rose 10 |
| Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 17 Jun 1915: | Involvement 1st Australian General Hospital, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: '' | |
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| 17 Jun 1915: | Embarked 1st Australian General Hospital, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne | |
| 29 Jun 1916: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches, : Received from the Officer i/c Base Records, Department of Defence, one Certificate for Mention in Despatches, London Gazette No 29632/5480. Sister O. Lee-Brown. A.A.N.S) - Also 2 oak leaves - l large and 1 small. | |
| 16 Jun 1918: | Promoted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, Served in Egypt, France and England | |
| 19 Mar 1920: | Discharged Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, Medals: 1914-15 Star, Victory Medal and British War Medal. |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sandra Barry
Olive was the daughter of Lee Brown and Jane Brown nee Laver.