CONYERS E.

Given Names:   Eveline Augusta

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Unit:  Australian Army Nursing Service                                                                             

Rank:  Sister (Nurse)                                                                                                       

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Age:   Yrs   Mths

Occupation:  Nurse                                                                                                        

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Church of England

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  9 In                     

Weight:   Lbs

Chest:   In

Hair:  Grey / Black

Eyes:  Brown

Complexion:  Dark

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  20/10/1914

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  SISTER  Louisa (Conyers)

82 Queen Alexander, Mansins, London, England                                                               

Embarkation Date:  5/12/1914

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Kyarra A55

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Orvieto  

Embarked:      

Disembarked:  12/12/1919

Unit:  AANS    

Rank:  Matron-in-Chief

Discharge Date:  7/3/1920                         

Place:  Melbourne

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  6551

British War Medal:  4321

Victory Medal:  4322

Other:    RRC & bar, MiD, CBE, FNM

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1/3/1870

Place:  Invercargill, New Zealand              

Father:  William CONYERS                      

Mother:  Fanny MAINPRIZE

MARRIAGE

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DEATH

Date or Year: 6/9/1944                            

Place: Epworth Private Hospital, Victoria   

Burial:  Kew Cemetery, Victoria

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Original member of the AANS

Appointed Matron-in-Chief 12/1/1916

Royal Red Cross medal awarded 3/6/1916 for conspicuous services rendered; and later Bar in recognition of her valuable nursing service

Commander of the Order of the British Empire awarded 22/3/1919 for nursing service during WW1

Florence Nightingale medal and diploma was awared on 23/2/1921 by the International Red Cross

Mention in Despatches 21/6/1916

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Holy Trinity Church

Memorial Plaque: 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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COMMENTS

Was living at 26 Glenferrie Road, Kew when enlisted

FURTHER INFORMATION

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