Book of Remembrance entry
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
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1862Birth in Melbourne -- VIC, Australia 21 June 1862
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?Early education at Carlton Ladies' College, Carlton, VIC, Australia
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1892Tertiary education at University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia 1892
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1892Tertiary education at University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia 1892
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1892Medical Practitioner at Moorabbin -- VIC, Australia 2 December 1892
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1896Gynaecologist at Melbourne -- VIC, Australia 1896
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1899Honorary Surgeon at Melbourne -- VIC, Australia 1899
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1910Retired 1910
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1917Returned to Australia 1917
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1917Lived at 1917 at Toorak [ VIC Australia ]
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1919Retired from practice 1919 at Melbourne [ VIC Australia ]
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1920Lived at 1920 at Florence [ Tuscany Italy ]
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1950Death in Middlesex -- Greater London, England 12 October 1950
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