COBCROFT, Millicent Steuart
| Service Number: | Staff Nurse |
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| Enlisted: | 27 January 1916, Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Staff Nurse |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) |
| Born: | Sunnyside Station, Broke, NSW, 1878 |
| Home Town: | Summer Hill, Ashfield, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Nurse |
| Died: | Residence of her father, Summer Hill, NSW, 22 July 1933, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales Zone B Anglican E 0055 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Jan 1916: | Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Staff Nurse, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sydney, NSW | |
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| 9 Dec 1916: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Kaiser-i-Hind embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 9 Dec 1916: | Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), SS Kaiser-i-Hind, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Daughter of E J Cobcroft, 'Prospect Hall', Seaview Avenue, Summer Hill, New South Wales
SISTER M. S. COBCROFT. Sister Millicent Steuart Cobcroft, who died on Saturday at the Summer Hill residence of her father (Mr. Enoch J. Cobcroft, late chairman of the Closer Settlement Advisory Board), was born at Sunnyside station, in the Singleton district. After leaving school, she entered the Coast Hospital, and, after passing her examinations with honours, became one of the leading nurses of Sydney. She enlisted early in the war, and served in the 14th Australian General Hospital at Abassia. The officer commanding the British hospital there applied for assistance from the Australian hospital, and Sister Cobcroft was placed in control of award. Trying conditions there undoubtedly undermined her health. On returning to Sydney she did not resume nursing. She did much gratuitous work among the poor. She was proud of her ancestry, which on her mother's side traced back to the Stuart Kings. The late Lady Simpson was her aunt. The remains were interred in the Church of England portion of the Rookwood Cemetery on Monday. The Sydney Morning Herald Wednesday 26 July 1933 page 17
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