Date of birth | |
Place of birth | Dimboola, Victoria |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | Nurse |
Address | Footscray, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 24 |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs M E Engblom, Victoria Dairy, 89A Victoria Street, Footscray, Victoria |
Enlistment date | |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Rank on enlistment | Staff Nurse |
Unit name | Nurses (July 1915 - November 1918) |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board RMS Somali on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Staff Nurse |
Unit from Nominal Roll | Australian Army Nursing Service |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Discharge date | |
Other details |
War service: India Embarked Melbourne, 30 June 1917; disembarked Bombay, India, 30 July 1917, and posted to Alexandria Hospital for duty. Posted to Victoria War Hosptial, Bombay, 10 November 1917. Posted to HS 'Ellora', for temporary duty, 9 December 1917. Posted to 34th Welsh General hospital, Deolali, 17 July 1918. Embarked Bombay for United Kingdom, 18 November 1918. Disembarked Suez, 11 December 1918. Embarked Port Said for United Kingdom, 21 January 1919; disembarked Southampton, England, 1 February 1919. Attached for duty to 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 2 February 1919. Granted leave with pay (without subsistence allowance), 22 March-19 June 1919 (family reasons: Sweden). Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Norman', 3 July 1919; disembarked Melbourne, 18 August 1919; discharged (termination of period of enlistment), 11 October 1919. Medal: British War Medal Married Allan Stefan Stefanson, 7 April 1923 at Footscray, Victoria: two children, Ingrid Mary and Robert Carl. |
Date of death | |
Age at death | 81 |
Place of burial | Woronora Cemetery, Sydney, New South Wales |
Sources | NAA: B2455, ENGBLOM Elsie Elizabeth |