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Family Name

DAVIES   (Sister HURST)

Names

Lily Malcolm

Date of Birth

16 November 1885

Place of Birth

Semaphore, SA

Date of Death

4 August 1970

Place of Death

Daw Park SA

Place of Burial

Centennial Park Cemetery

Arrived in South Australia (date/ship etc.)

 

Lived in Prospect (dates)

From 1920s

Addresses in Prospect

100 Irish Harp Road, Prospect

Names of houses (if any)

 

Parents

Thomas Edward DAVIES and Ellen OLDFIELD

Spouse(s)

 Reginald Leslie HURST

Date(s) of Marriage(s)

25 January 1919

Place(s) of Marriage(s)

College Park Congregational. Church, St. Peters

Children

Mary Malcolm Naughton(1920), Helen Cecily (1921), Patricia Claire (1925)

Occupation(s)

Nurse

Interests

 

Religion/Churches

Protestant

Notes (points of interest etc.)

Enlisted WW1 August 1915 served England, Egypt & India

WW2 Commandant of Prospect Red Cross

Chairman SA Trained Nurses Centenary Committee & launched book

Returned Sister sub branch of the RSL, served on many committees, started voluntary transport for disabled.

Received an MBE in 1958

Sources of information

Lamshed, SA BMDs, Sands & McD. Directories, Aust Nurses in WW1 (Bio)

Principal researcher

Lesley Attema

 

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