Garvice (nee Ormiston), Martha Isabel

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Isabel remained working in Egypt during WWII and acted as an anaesthetist in a Cairo Military Hospital.

Book of Remembrance entry

M.B. : Medical Officer, Red Cross—French Section—France, Salonika and Egypt. Joining in London in August, 1914, served with the Queen of the Belgians' Hospital at Ostend and La Panne, 1914-15, Wounded Allies' Relief Hospital, Montenegro, 1915-16, British Red Cross Convalescent Depot, Egypt, 1916, and W.A.R. Hospital, Limoges, 1917. Awarded Montenegrin Red Cross and Orders of Danilo and the Nile. Early education at Riverina Grammar School, Albury.

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1882

Garvice (nee Ormiston) M.I. : Life.Birth 1882
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Early education at Riverina Grammar School, Albury, NSW, Australia
1901

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1901
1907

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1907
1907

Resident Medical Officer at Brisbane -- QLD, Australia 1907
1910

Health Inspector of Schools at Tasmania -- TAS, Australia 1 September 1910
1914

Military service at London --, England 1914
1914

Military service at La Panne -Queen of the Belgians Hospital-, Belgium 1914
1914

Enlisted 1 Aug 1914 at Westminster -- London, England
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Military service as Medical Officer at France --, France ; Salonika --, Greece ; Egypt --, Egypt ; Serbia --, Serbia ; Montenegro --, Montenegro
1914

Attended Victoria League Conference on Child Health 1914 at London --, England
1915

Military service at La Panne -Queen of the Belgians Hospital-, Belgium 1915
1919

Medical Practitioner at Hobart -- TAS, Australia 1919
1919

Medical Inspector of Schools at Egypt --, Egypt 1919
1920

Married 31 Jan 1920 at Alexandria --, Egypt
1921

Senior Lady Medical Officer at Alexandria --, Egypt 1921
1922

Medical Inspector at Egypt --, Egypt 1922
1928

Awarded MBE 1928 at Egypt --, Egypt
1949

Retired 1949
1953

Missionary at Japan --, Japan 1953
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Military award: Montenegrin Red Cross on
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Military award: Order of the Nile on
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Military award: Mentioned in Despatches on
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Military award: British Red Cross Medal on
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Garvice, Isabel, Roll: Women's College [ jpg ]
1958

Death in Vaucluse -- NSW, Australia 23 July 1958

Gender

Female

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Portrait of Martha Isabel GARVICE [ jpeg ]

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