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Ethel May Bolton ARRC (1886 - 1971)

Sister Ethel May Bolton ARRC
Born in Gippsland, Victoria (Australia)map
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Died at about age 85 in Ballarat, Victoria, Australiamap
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Biography

Sister Ethel May Bolton ARRC was born in 1886 in Gippsland, Victoria (Australia). She was the eldest child of Lieutenant Colonel (later Brigadier General) William Bolton and Jane Gillies. [1]

Ethel was a nurse
Ethel Bolton ARRC is a Military Veteran.
Served in the Australian Army Nursing Service 1915-1919
1st Australian General Hospital

Ethel served as a Head Sister in the Australian Army Nursing Service in The Great War; enlisted 3rd April 1915;[2] [3] embarked for overseas service with the 1st Australian General Hospital on 13th April 1915 at Sydney aboard HMAT Kyarra A55;[4] returned to Australia 13th March 1919. She was awarded the Associate Royal Red Cross for 'exceptional services in military nursing'; gazetted 3rd June 1919.[5]

She passed away on 30th June 1971 in Ballarat, Victoria and her ashes were spread in the Ballarat General Cemetery. There is a memorial in the Ballarat Base Hospital Sisters who served King & Country.[6]

Sources

  1. Victoria Birth Index #14588/1886
  2. Australian War Memorial nominal roll; accessed 24 May 2018
  3. Age (Melbourne), 9 Sep 1941, p8; Argus (Melbourne), 9 Sep 1941, p3
  4. Australian War Memorial embarkation roll; accessed 24 May 2018
  5. Australian War Memorial Honours and Awards; accessed 24 May 2018
  6. Virtual War Memorial; accessed 28 Feb 2019




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