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Alice Ross KING

ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationNurse
Addressc/o Dr O'Hara, Cromwell House, Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation27
Next of kinMother, Mrs C H King, c/o Miss Hood, Ormond College, Parkville, Victoria
Enlistment date28 November 1914
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll20 October 1914
Rank on enlistmentSister
Unit nameMED26.65.1NUR
Rank from Nominal RollSister
Unit from Nominal RollAustralian Army Nursing Service
Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

Mention in Despatches


Awarded, and gazetted, 'London Gazette', second Supplement, No. 30448 (28 December 1917); 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 57 (18 April 1918).

FateEffective abroad (still overseas)
Other detailsOne of four members of the AANS awarded the Military Medal for their actions on the night of 22 July 1917, when a bomb killed two orderlies and two patients at an Australian Casualty Clearing Station.

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