Olive Lilian Creswell (Haynes) Dooley (1888 - 1978)

Born 7 Jan 1888 in St Peters, South Australia, Australia

Ancestors

Died 10 Apr 1978 at age 90 in Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia

Biography

Olive (Haynes) Dooley was born in the Colony of South Australia (1836-1900)

Olive (Haynes) Dooley is an Anzac who served in World War One.

Olive was born in 1888. She was the daughter of James Haynes and Emma Creswell. She passed away in 1978.

World War One Service

The AIF Project - Olive Lillian Creswell HAYNES
Religion: Church of England
Occupation: Nurse
Address: Adelaide, South Australia
Marital status: Single
Age at embarkation: 26
Next of kin: Father, Rev J C Haynes, St Peters, South Australia
Enlistment date: 21 November 1914
Rank on enlistment: Staff Nurse
Unit name: 2nd Australian General Hospital, Nursing Staff
Embarkation details: Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A55 Kyarra on 5 December 1914
Rank from Nominal Roll: Sister
Unit from Nominal Roll: Australian Army Nursing Service
Fate: Discharged 11 December 1917

Marriage

The Mail (Adelaide, S.A.) Sat 23 Feb 1918, Page 8, WEDDINGS.

DOOLEY— HAYNES. On Tuesday, December 11, 1917, at St. Peter le Bailey Church, Oxford, England, the marriage was celebrated of Lieut. Norval H. Dooley, of Ivanhoe. Victoria, and Sister Olive Haynes, daughter of the Rev. and Mrs. J. C. Haynes, 'Kilbrae', St. Peters. The officiating clergyman was the Rev. J. Stansfield, and the service was fully choral.
The bride, who was given away by Col. H. A. Powell, wore a wedgewood blue coat and skirt, with a fur collar, and a hat of mastic shade.
Sister Eddy, in war uniform, attended the bride, and Gunner J. D. C. Haynes (bride's brother) was best man. After the ceremony the guests partook of a simple war-time breakfast, arranged by some of her friends, at which the orthodox wedding cake was dispensed with.
The guests included Col. and Mrs. H. A. Powell, Rev. and Mrs. J. Stansfield, Mrs. Charleton Yeatman, Mrs. Melville Farmer, Sisters Deere, Packard and Weigall, Lieut. George Day and Dick de Bourbel. Lieut. and Mrs. Dooley subsequently left for London amidst showers of confetti.

Death

BDM VIC - Registration number: 8042 / 1978
Family name: DOOLEY
Given name(s): Olive Lilian Cresswell
Place of birth: Adelaide, South Australia
Place of death: Heidelberg, Australia
Age at Death: 90
Mother's name: Emma CRESSWELL
Father's Name: HAYNES James Croft

Sources

1. Military Service
   1. Virtual War Memorial Australia; [1]
   2. National Archives of Australia: National Archives Australia: 4737929 National Archives Australia: 9532397
   3. The AIF Project: [2]
2. Marriage; [3]
3. Death: [4]