BROWNE, Emily Gertrude
| Service Number: | AANS |
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| Enlisted: | 16 September 1916, Place of enlistment - Victoria Barracks Sydney, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Sister |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) |
| Born: | Wollongong New South Wales, 1880 |
| Home Town: | Paddington, Woollahra, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Trained Nurse |
| Died: | Nambour, Queensland, 19 November 1948, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Sep 1916: | Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, AANS, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Embarked on RMS Karmala from Sydney on 16th September 1916, disembarking Bombay, India on 10th October 1916. | |
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| 16 Sep 1916: | Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, AANS, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Place of enlistment - Victoria Barracks Sydney, New South Wales | |
| 14 Oct 1916: |
Transferred
Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), 14th October 1916 - posted to Station Hospital Peshawar; |
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| 1 May 1917: | Promoted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Head Sister, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Promoted to Temporary Charge Sister whilst on duty in India, Mesopotamia or on duty at sea. | |
| 17 Jun 1919: | Honoured Royal Red Cross (2nd Class), For conspicuous services. | |
| 17 Nov 1919: | Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, AANS, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Embarked on SS Dilwara from Bombay, India on 17th November 1919, via Singapore disembarking Australia on 10th January 1920. | |
| 24 Feb 1920: | Discharged Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, AANS, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) |
Obituary
OBITUARY
Sister E. G. Browne, R.R.C.
Sister E. G Browne, R.R.C, who passed away on Friday last, is a sister of Mrs. L. Blakely, of Nambour, with whom she had resided for the past 3 1/2 years. The late Sister Browne trained at the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, Sydney (N.S.W.). Joining the Australian Nursing Service in July, 1915, she served at the Garrison Hospital, Sydney, until embarkation for overseas in September, 1916. Her service in India included the North-West Frontier, later becoming matron of the hospital ship. 'Narela,' operating in Persian Gulf waters. Receiving the decoration of the Royal Red Cross, and returning to Australia, she was demobilised in 1920. For seven years the late Sister Browne was on the staff of the Fraser Memorial Hospital in Ceylon. In 1936 she was reappointed to Randwick Military Hospital. Sydney, from which position she retired some seven years ago. The funeral moved to the Brisbane Crematorium on Saturday, when many beautiful floral tributes were received.
Nambour Chronicle and North Coast Advertiser Friday 26 November 1948 page 7
Submitted 16 February 2016 by Faithe Jones
Biography contributed by Daryl Jones
Daughter of Mrs Eliza BROWNE (nee MULHOLLAND), c/o E Kewin, 41 Alexander Street, Manly, New South Wales
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