Returned ANZACs,
Territory ANZACs,
First World War, 1914-1918,
Place of birth
Cobar (N.S.W.),
Date of enlistment
1916-07-06,
Age
26,
Occupation
Nurse,
Service
Australian Imperial Force,
Unit
Australian Army Nursing Service,
Rank
Sister,
Next of kin
T. Tomlins - Father; Wingfield, Narromine, N.S.W.,
Date of death
1985-08-03,
Biographical notes
Jessie was born 22 January 1890, first born child of Timothy and Greta Tomlins (nee Margaretta Simons). She was a nurse at Darwin Hospital immediately after WW1. Married Hugh Spencer Kentish.,
History
Attestation date for Tomlins was 6 July 1916. Embarked from Sydney on board SS 'Kaiser-i-Hind' on 2 September 1916. Arriving in Cairo Egypt on 10 January 1917. Served at 14 Australian General Hospital (AGH) in Cairo. Tomlins was appointed as a Sister in January 1918 after 12 months service abroad. Transferred to 3 AGH in England from April 1919. Returned to Australia 13 July 1919 on 'Persic'.,
Subject
Australia. Army. Australian and New Zealand Army Corps,
History,
World War, 1914-1918,
Northern Territory,
ANZAC,
Related links
http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/Imagine.asp?B=11614962,
http://static.awm.gov.au/images/collection/items/ACCNUM_LARGE/RCDIG1067536%5CRCDIG1067536--443-.JPG,
http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/RCDIG1014809/,
http://cas.awm.gov.au/item/P00153.058,
http://hdl.handle.net/10070/29047,
https://www.flickr.com/photos/24800099@N05/3019270006/,
http://www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/nominal_rolls/first_world_war/page/R1552286/,
http://hdl.handle.net/10070/29047 [PictureNT : Nurse],
http://cas.awm.gov.au/item/P00153.058 [Australian War Memorial : Photograph],
http://www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/nominal_rolls/first_world_war/page/R1552286/ [Nominal Roll],
https://www.flickr.com/photos/24800099@N05/3019270006/ [Flickr : Photographers],
http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/Imagine.asp?B=11614962 [Service Record],
http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/RCDIG1014809/ [Unit War Diary],
http://static.awm.gov.au/images/collection/items/ACCNUM_LARGE/RCDIG1067536%5CRCDIG1067536--443-.JPG [Embarkation Roll - SS 'Kaiser-i-Hind'],