Lydia Kate (Kath) King
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'''KING, Lydia Kate (Kath)''' | '''KING, Lydia Kate (Kath)''' | ||
- | '''Service no:''' Staff nurse [ | + | '''Service no:''' Staff nurse [https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=1972541] |
'''Place of birth:''' Glebe, 1886 | '''Place of birth:''' Glebe, 1886 | ||
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Resigned her appointment 31 January 1917 when she married. | Resigned her appointment 31 January 1917 when she married. | ||
Conducted Volunteer Aid Detachment (VAD) duties at Harefield Hospital, England, June to December 1917. | Conducted Volunteer Aid Detachment (VAD) duties at Harefield Hospital, England, June to December 1917. | ||
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+ | Kath's name appears on the [[Holy Trinity Church]] Orange Honour Roll. | ||
Current revision as of 00:45, 3 January 2021
KING, Lydia Kate (Kath)
Service no: Staff nurse [1]
Place of birth: Glebe, 1886
Address: Burnley, Byng Street, Orange
Occupation: Hospital nurse
Next of kin: Lydia Knapp King (mother), Burnley, 30 Byng Street, Orange
Date of enlistment: 24 November 1914
Place of enlistment: Unknown
Age at enlistment: 28
Fate: Embarked HMAT Kyarra A55 Sydney 28 November 1914. Proceeded to Lemnos April 1915. Arrived Cape Helles, 5 May 1915. Promoted to Nursing Sister 1 December 1915. Resigned her appointment 31 January 1917 when she married. Conducted Volunteer Aid Detachment (VAD) duties at Harefield Hospital, England, June to December 1917.
Kath's name appears on the Holy Trinity Church Orange Honour Roll.
Leader, 18 February 1916, p. 6.
Our brave nurses honouring the Red Cross: Nurses King welcomed home [2]