Connection to the Hunter Valley – Sister Alice MacDougall was born in Singleton

Training and experience – passed ATNA finals 1910, graduated Launceston General Hospital

Service – Australian  Army Nursing Service (AANS)

Service location – Salonika and UK

Medals, awards and mentions – British War Medal, Victory Medal

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Enlisted – 31 May 1917

Residence before embarkation – Hernani, NSW

Port of embarkation, vessel and date – Melbourne / Mooltan / 12 June 1917

Return to Australia – embarked for return to Australia 6 September 1919 on the Berrima, disembarked 8 November 1919 at Sydney

Next-of-kin as indicated in service record – Father, James Thomas Bowden MacDougall, Marengo Station, Hernani NSW

Leave – Sick leave 6 – 30 August 1918, Malaria; 18 – 30 September 1918, Influenza; 6 – 23 November 1918, NYD (Not yet diagnosed) ; 4 – 30 December 1918, Malaria

Recreation leave 5 – 15 February 1919, travelled from Salonika to Southampton during this period

Non-military employment, ie study leave 10 March – 12 May 1919, attended course at Royal Sanitary Institute, Buckingham Palace Road, London

Discharged – 21 December 1919

Marital status – unknown

Where born / parents – Singleton (registered “Patricks Plains” / James Thomas and Frances Ellen. NSW Births Deaths and Marriages record uses spelling McDougall

References:

National Archives of Australia B2455 MACDOUGALL AA

Nominal Roll of the First AIF Australian War Memorial AWM133 32/0087

Embarkation Roll of the First AIF Australian War Memorial Nurses (July 1915 – November 1918)

The Daily Post (Hobart) 18 July 1910, p2 retrieved from Trove 20 Feb 2016

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