Radcliffe, Janet Ella
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World War I
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Family name
Radcliffe
Given name(s)
Janet Ella
Initials
J.E.
Gender
Female
Early education
Tertiary education
Start date
1905
Education notes
Matriculated to UTas 1905. Not listed as a graduate in 1938 calendar.
Military service
Survived
Survived WWI
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Janet Ella Radcliffe's name appears on the University of Tasmania Honour Board. One of the first military nurses to leave Tasmania for the war on the Geelong, she served in Egypt at Mena Hospital, Luna Park, and Ismalia during the Turkish attack on the canal in January 1915. For 12 months she served in the Mediterranean on the hospital ships Sicilia and Grantully Castle. She was present off Cape Helles at the landing on Gallipoli and later served at Harefield and Brighton hospitals, England and Abbeville, France with the 1st Australian Casuality Clearing Station. She was discharged medically unfit in November 1919 and returned to Australia.
Internal notes
Discharged with Mitral Disease of Heart and Anaemia
Discovering Anzacs
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