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Trained nurse from Dr Harre's Typhoid Unit at the Brisbane General Hospital
Embarked on the SS 'Salamis' at Albany on 21st March 1900
Returned to Perth
​Embarked for second time 16 April 1901 per 'Antillian' from Albany

Nurse M. Plover, 33, private nurse ; certificate Brisbane.

The West Australian Tuesday 09 January 1900 page 5

Valedictory - At the invitation of Dr. and Mrs. Haynes, of Weetalabah, Hay-street West, on Friday afternoon a number of ladies and gentlemen and many nurses assembled to say good-bye to Miss Plover, late matron of Topsham Hospital, who is leaving the State on an extended holiday, she having sold her interests in Topsham Hospital to Nurses Farquharson and Boehm. Mrs. Molloy, who is president of the W.A.T.N., presented Miss Plover on behalf of the staff with a beautifully designed photograph, in a handsome gilt frame, containing photos of the staff, the matron, and the hospital, artistically executed by Ruskin and Co. Many kind references were made as to good qualities and kindly nature of Miss Plover. Drs. Blanchard and Haynes specially referred to her qualification as a medical, midwifery and surgical nurse. Refreshments were served on the lawn, and an enjoyable afternoon was spent. Miss Plover was qualified as a general nurse in Brisbane Public Hospital, and came to this State in 1897, where she has been continuously engaged, but principally in hospital work. She has been eight or nine years matron of Topsham.

Miss Plover is the proud possessor of the Boer war nurses' medal, she having served all through that campaign, but unfortunately just as the war was finished she was struck down on the Rand with typhoid fever, and for 13 weeks her life was despaired of. On returning to Perth she took up active hospital work. The strain of this work added to the previous attack of typhoid, from which she never seemed fully to recover, brought on a complete nervous breakdown, and acting on medical advice she is taking a year's rest in colder climates. A number of friends and nurses journeyed to Fremantle on Saturday afternoon to see Miss Plover off. She left by the Karoola.                                             

The West Australian Monday 24 January 1910 page 4. Sourced by Faithe Jones.