Alice Alanna Cashin RRC (1870 - 1939)

Born 26 Mar 1870 in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia)

Ancestors

Died 4 Nov 1939 at age 69 in Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia

Biography

Alice Cashin RRC is Notable.

Alice Cashin RRC was born in the Colony of Victoria (1851-1900)

Birth
Alice Alanna Cashin was born on 26th March 1870 in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia). She was the only child of Richard Cashin and his second wife, Catherine Meehan. ^[1] Ahe did have a four year-old brother from her father's prior marriage. Alice was just eighteen months of age when her mother died. Her father married for a third time nine years later, the union producing two sisters for Alice.

Alice successfully undertook nursing training, building a career that saw her promoted to Sister.

Alice was a Matron in the Queen Alexandra Imperial Military Nursing Service in the First World War. She was awarded the Royal Red Cross with Bar, the French Croix de Guerre, and the Mons Medal.

World War I Service

Sun (Sydney, NSW : 1910 - 1954), Sunday 29 February 1920, page 13

MATRON CASHIN

Notable Australian Nurse Torpedoed Gloucester Castle

Matron Alice E. Cashin, of the Queen Alexandra nursing reserve, who returned to Australia recently, is one of our most distinguished nurses.

When the war cloud first darkened Europe, Matron Cashin was holidaying in Paris. She left immediately for London, and presented herself at the War Office, where she was accepted for active service and left for France in September, 1914. :She was first stationed at Lavisine; but when the air raids became so bad in Northern France was sent with 20 nurses to Calais, where they rendered great help, not only to the sick and wounded, but also to the suffering Belgian women and children flying from the Huns.

For her services at this time Matron Cashin was awarded the highly-prized and much-coveted Mons Medal.

BACK TO ENGLAND

Afterwards she was transferred to the Military Hospital, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England, where she served as matron until July, 1919, when she obtained permission to return home. It was while she was at this hospital that Matron Cashin was commanded to Buckingham Palace, where she was invested with the Royal Red Cross with Bar. She was decorated on the same day as Sir David Beatty and Sir Douglas Haig. Besides these honors Matron Cashin was Mentioned in Despatches by Sir Archibald Murray for work in Egypt in 1916, mentioned in despatches by the Secretary of State for War in 1917, and invited on four different occasions to tea with their Majesties at Buckingham Palace. ^[2]

Death
Aged 69 years, Matron Alice Cashin passed away 4th November 1939 in Ovada, Victoria Road, Marrickville, in Sydney's southern suburbs, New South Wales. ^[3]

Death Notice

"Family Notices" The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) 6 November 1939: page 8.

CASHIN.—November 4, 1939, at Ovada, Victoria Road, Marrickville, Matron Alice A. Cashin (Royal Red Cross and Bar), Croix de Guerre. Requiescat in pace. ^[4]

Funeral Notice

"Family Notices" The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) 6 November 1939: page 7.

CASHIN.—Requiem Mass for the Repose of the Soul of the late Matron ALICE A. CASHIN (Royal Red Cross and Bar), Croix de Guerre, of Ovada, Victoria Road, Marrickville, will be celebrated at St. Brigid's Church Marrickville, THIS (Monday) MORNING, at 8 o'clock. The Funeral will leave the Church THIS AFTERNOON, at 2 o'clock, for Catholic Cemetery, Woronora.

W. N. BULL PTY. LTD., FuneraI Directors.

CASHIN.—Members of the Marrickville ANZAC MEMORIAL CLUB are kindly requested to attend the Funeral of their late Member, Matron ALICE A. CASHIN (Royal Red Cross and Bar), Croix de Guerre. For further particulars see previous notice. J. C. HAYES, President. ^[5]

Burial
Matron Alice Alanna Cashin is buried at Woronora Memorial Park in Sutherland, New South Wales, Australia. ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Birth: VIC, Australia BDM Index Name: CASHIN Alice Allana | Birth | Mother: Catherine MEHAN | Father: Richard | Born: MELBOURNE | Year: 1870 | Reg. No. 10352/1870 | Victoria, Australia
2. ↑ MATRON CASHIN (1920, February 29). The Sun (Sydney, NSW : 1910 - 1954), p. 13. Retrieved April 3, 2021, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article221381394
3. ↑ Death: NSW, Australia BDM Index Name: CASHIN ALICE ALANNA | Reg. No. 24388/1939 | Father: RICHARD | Mother| CATHERINE | Reg. MARRICKVILLE, NSW, Australia
4. ↑ Family Notices (1939, November 6). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 8. Retrieved April 3, 2021, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17624824
5. ↑ Family Notices (1939, November 6). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 7. Retrieved April 3, 2021, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17624826
6. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 03 April 2021), memorial page for Alice Alanna Cashin (26 Mar 1870–4 Nov 1939), Find A Grave: Memorial #163560442, citing Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, Sutherland Shire, New South Wales, Australia ; Maintained by Kojakone (contributor 48527467) .

See also:

• Australian Dictionary of Biography Cashin, Alice Alanna (1870–1939)
• Chris Cunneen, 'Cashin, Alice Alanna (1870–1939)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/cashin-alice-alanna-12842/text23183, published first in hardcopy 2005, accessed online 3 April 2021.

• Wikipedia Alice Alanna Cashin RRC (6 March 1870 – 4 November 1939) was an Australian nurse during World War I.

• "A BRAVE MATRON." Glen Innes Examiner (NSW : 1908 - 1954) 30 April 1917: 7. Web. 3 Apr 2021 <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article183269068>.

• "MUCH HONORED AUSTRALIAN NURSE" Sunday Times (Sydney, NSW : 1895 - 1930) 5 January 1919: 13. Web. 3 Apr 2021 <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article123220930>.

• "MATRON CASHIN" The Sun (Sydney, NSW : 1910 - 1954) 29 February 1920: 13. Web. 3 Apr 2021 <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article221381394>.