SEXTON, Hannah Mary Helen

 Person: id 54080
University connections
UMelb
Event flag
World War I
Family name
SEXTON
Given name(s)
Hannah Mary Helen
Initials
H.M.H.
Gender
Female
Naming note
Known mainly as Helen
Survived
Survived WWI
OCRd book entry or other narrative
Not listed on the Roll of Active Service. After touring Europe in 1912-14, she offered her services to the Australian authorities on the outbreak of World War I. She was refused, and instead joined several other women in starting a field hospital of twenty-five beds at Auteuil in France. Sexton was given the military rank of majeur in the French Army. She later worked at a hospital in Paris.From ADB entry
Parental occupation
Architect
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