MCMAHON, Bernadine Theresa
Service Number: | WFX22075 |
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Enlisted: | 26 October 1942 |
Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
Last Unit: | 2nd/2nd Australian General Hospital |
Born: | Boulder, Western Australia, 15 May 1915 |
Home Town: | Burracoppin, Merredin, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Unknown |
Occupation: | Nurse |
Died: | Illness, Heidelberg Military Hospital, Victoria, Australia, 3 September 1945, aged 30 years |
Cemetery: |
Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne, Victoria 2 T A 7 |
Memorials: | Australian Military Nurses Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kapunda Dutton Park Memorial Gardens Nurses Plaques |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, WFX22075 | |
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26 Oct 1942: | Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), WFX22075, 2nd/7th Australian General Hospital | |
3 Sep 1945: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, WFX22075, 2nd/2nd Australian General Hospital |
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Bernadine Theresa McMAHON was born in Boulder, Western Australia on 15th May, 1915
Her parents were John McMAHON & Bridget Theresa LANE who married in Boulder, WA in 1909
She enlisted in the Army on 26th October, 1942 as a Nurse with the Australian Army Nursing Service (2/7 Australian General Hospital)
Her last rank was Lieutenant with the 2/2 Australian General Hospital
Bernadine died on 3rd September, 1945 from a Tropical Illness which affects the bone marrow at the Heidelberg Military Hospital in Victoria and is buried in the Springvale War Cemetery