Selina Maude (Maude) POWELL

POWELL, Selina Maude

Service Number: Staff Nurse
Enlisted: 26 June 1915
Last Rank: Staff Nurse
Last Unit: Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve (QAIMNSR)
Born: Maldon, Victoria, Australia, 25 June 1882
Home Town: Elsternwick, Glen Eira, Victoria
Schooling: Maldon State School No.1254, Victoria, Australia
Occupation: Nurse
Died: Cancer of the Bladder, Anaemia & Parkinson's Disease, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 3 July 1964, aged 82 years
Cemetery: Brighton General Cemetery, Victoria
In loving memory of Emily Jane Powell/died 16th September, 1927/Faithful unto death/Also Selina Maude/beloved daughter of above/died 3 July, 1964 age 82. Urn on grave inscribed Mother/Maude
Memorials: Queensland Australian Army Nursing Service Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

4 Apr 1915: Embarked Sister, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve (QAIMNSR), "Orontes", from Brisbane, in response to appeal to the Dominions for more medical personnel
26 Jun 1915: Enlisted Staff Nurse, Staff Nurse, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve (QAIMNSR)
26 Jun 1915: Involvement British Forces (All Conflicts), Staff Nurse, QAIMNSR No.3 General Hospital, le Treport, Seine-Maritime, Normandie, France.
14 Apr 1918: Embarked Staff Nurse, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve (QAIMNSR), "Kenilworth Castle" from Devonport to Durban, South Africa, then "S.S. Field Marshall" from Durban to Melbourne, Australia.

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Biography

Staff Nurse
Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve

NOK Mrs. J Yelland of Home Street, Elsternwick, Melbourne, Vic.
Left Australia 04 April 1915
Arrived in England 25 May 1915
Worked Australian Auxillary Hospital, Harfield, Park, Denham, nr London from 09 June 1915 to 25 June 1915
Enlisted 26 June 1915 - gave address as Brisbane, Australia
Served at No 3 General Hosptial
Posted to 5th Casualty Clearing Station 10 December 1915
Posted to 7th General Hospital Abbeville 24 August 1916
Posted at No 8 Stationary Hospital 30 August 1916
"Miss Powell is very good as a staff nurse - she is a good surgical nurse, quick and able to cope with emergencies. So far she has not faired as good as a ward manager. When in charge of wards they have not been very well kept and she has not got the best out of her ward orderlies."
​Resigned appointment 24 June 1917 - "Having been chosen by the Australian Authorities on April 1st, 1915 and worked to the best of my ability since coming to France - I feel if i am not considered fit for promotion, it is the best course to persue."
Applied for passage to Australia July 1917 and refused
Re-applied for passage to Australia March 1918

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