WWI Nurse, Australian Army Nursing Service. Amelia enlisted in the A.I.F. on Jun. 2, 1917, at Brisbane, Queensland, giving her friend Herman Maurice Berge as her next-of-kin. She embarked on Jun. 9, 1917, on the Mooltan out of Melbourne for Suez, and then on to Salonika on Aug. 8, 1917. She suffered from malaria there during Oct. & Nov., 1917, and returned to the UK on Feb. 14, 1919. She departed for Australia on Jul. 23, 1919, with her service terminated on Jun. 2, 1920. She was mentioned in despatches in the London Gazette of Jun. 5, 1919, page 7228, position 9, and the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, no. 113, of Oct. 6, 1919. page 1467, for distinguished and gallant services from Oct. 1, 1918, to Mar. 1, 1919.
Memorials: Queensland Australian Army Nursing Service Roll of Honour.
WWI Nurse, Australian Army Nursing Service. Amelia enlisted in the A.I.F. on Jun. 2, 1917, at Brisbane, Queensland, giving her friend Herman Maurice Berge as her next-of-kin. She embarked on Jun. 9, 1917, on the Mooltan out of Melbourne for Suez, and then on to Salonika on Aug. 8, 1917. She suffered from malaria there during Oct. & Nov., 1917, and returned to the UK on Feb. 14, 1919. She departed for Australia on Jul. 23, 1919, with her service terminated on Jun. 2, 1920. She was mentioned in despatches in the London Gazette of Jun. 5, 1919, page 7228, position 9, and the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, no. 113, of Oct. 6, 1919. page 1467, for distinguished and gallant services from Oct. 1, 1918, to Mar. 1, 1919.
Memorials: Queensland Australian Army Nursing Service Roll of Honour.
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Amelia H. Stone
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31-5-1973 Age 84
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