We remember Alice Ross-King

We remember Alice Ross-King

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Timeline

Timeline

1887
birth Ballarat, Victoria Australia Source:8483781 5th August 1887
1914
theatres Egypt :4 Source:8483781 November 1914
1914
enlistment Australia Source:8483781 5th November 1914
1916
theatres France & Belgium: 1a Source:8483781 April 1916
1917
awards Military Medal (MM) British Award/Decoration Source:8483781 22nd July 1917
1917
service Australian Imperial Force Sister Australian Army Nursing Service Source:9136379 25th September 1917
1917
awards Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) British Award/Decoration Source:8483781 25th December 1917
1918
awards Associate Royal Red Cross (ARRC) British Award/Decoration Source:9124213 4th June 1918
1918
service Australian Imperial Force Staff Nurse Australian Army Nursing Service No.1 Australian General Hospital Source:9124213 4th June 1918
1919
marriage Sydney Theodore Appleford Source:8483781 20th August 1919
1919
discharge Source:8483781 17th September 1919
1942
employment Major and Assistant Controller for Victoria Medical Australian Army Women's Medical Service Victoria Australia Source:8483781 1942
1949
awards Florence Nightingale Award Other Civilian Service Award Source:8483781 1949
1949
awards Florence Nightingale medal Other War Service Award Source:8591476 1949
education Academy of Mary Immaculate - Convent of Mercy Fitzroy Australia Source:8483781
education Presbyterian Ladies' College Source:8483781
employment Trainee nurse Alfred Hospital Source:8483781
employment Nursing assistant Austin Hospital Melbourne Australia Source:8483781
1968
death Cronulla, Sydney Australia Source:8483781 17th August 1968
burial Fawkner Cemetery Non-War Cemetery Melbourne Australia Source:8591476

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names Alice
Initials A
Last Name Ross-King,
Source 8614468
Gender
GenderSource
Female
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
Australian Imperial Force Australian Army Nursing Service No.1 Australian General Hospital Staff Nurse
Australian Imperial Force Australian Army Nursing Service Sister
Awards
AwardTypeSource
Associate Royal Red Cross (ARRC) British Award/Decoration
Florence Nightingale Award Other Civilian Service Award
Florence Nightingale medal Other War Service Award
MM, ARRC British Award/Decoration
Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) British Award/Decoration
Military Medal (MM) British Award/Decoration
Family
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Archibald Ross-King father
Henrietta King nee Ward mother
Spouse
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Sydney Theodore Appleford wife 20th August 1919

Media

Communities

Communities

Evidence

Evidence

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Official Records

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Australian ANZACs from the National Archives of Australia
Medal Index Cards Transcription Kristen1288
Register of the Royal Red Cross, 1883-1994 Transcription Deborah102878
Victoria Marriages 1836-1942 Transcription Jonathan101862

External Evidence

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Australian Dictionary of Biography Selena49658
Western front website Selena49658
The Australian Women's Register Sue54478
Transcript of Alice Ross-King Diaries in PDF format Lizbet72994
ABC news (Australia) Diaries and letters of WWI nurses Katherine27600
The London Gazette Jonathan101862
Appleford, Alys, (MM, RRC) (1891-1968) Jonathan101862
Lieutenant Colonel Sydney Theodore Appleford Jonathan101862
APPLEFORD, Dr Sydney Theodore (1891-1959) Jonathan101862

Multimedia

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Alice Selena49658
Harryl Selena49658
Major A.R. Appleford Sue54478

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