Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918

Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) sisters from Qld, NSW, Vic, Tas, and SA, bound for Salonica,

Greece on the RMS Mooltan. Adelaide, SA. June 1917. Mary Maria Mitchell of Moonee Ponds    was identified in this photo.  Other local nurses in this photo were SN Lilian Jane (Lily) Rutherford of Essendon ; SN Isabel Frances Grace of Moonee Ponds;   Julia Gertrude Kenny of Melbourne; and SN Olive Mary Rose of Essendon.  https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/A01240/

Mitchell M M        Staff Nurse        Mary Maria          Nurses    28    Trained nurse    Single    Pres

Address:    Moonee Ponds,  Milsom St, 12 (sic)   (probably 12 Milton St, Ascot Vale)

Next of Kin:    Mitchell, J, Mrs, mother, Lake Charm, Vic   

Enlisted:    28 May 1915       

Embarked:     RMS Mooltan 12 Jun 1917   

War Service Commemorated

Moonee Ponds Baptist Church