Service Details
- Branch of Service
- Army
- Conflict
- World War I (1914-1918)
- Date of Enlistment
- 15/05/1917
- Date of Discharge
- 25/10/1919
- Place of Enlistment
- Sydney NSW
Personal Details
- Gender
- Female
- Place of Birth
- Birmingham, Staffordshire, England
- Address (at enlistment)
- Darlinghurst NSW (previously Canberra ACT)
- Occupation
- Nurse
- Next of Kin
- Matthew Macfie (father), Elm Grove, Armadale, Victoria
Unit and Rank Details
- Final Rank
- Sister
- Final Unit
- Australian Army Nursing Service
Notes
Macfie was on the 'List of Officers Employed in Federal Territory' in 1917, as a nurse at the Canberra Community Hospital. The AWM record is a group photo of nurses in the Australian Army Nursing Service bound for Salonika, Greece on the RMS Mooltan. Sr. Macfie served in Salonika from August 1917 until returning to Australia in July 1919.
Description - height 5 feet 2 inches, weight 134 pounds, fair complexion, blue eyes, light brown hair, Church of England.
Sources
AWM Collections Record : A01240K
Australian Nurses in World War 1 www.nurses.ww1anzac.com/mca-mcn.html (viewed 19 Nov. 2014)
NAA RecordSearch - Series B2455 (First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920)