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20- June-2020
20- June-2020
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The plaque commemorates Sister Edith Blake of the Royal Navy who was reported missing, presumed drowned during the sinking of British Hospital Ship Glenart Castle in 1918. Sister Blake graduated from the Coast Hospital Training School for Nurses in 1912. 

Location

Address:Pine Avenue, The Coast Chapel, Prince Henry Hospital Conservation Area, Little Bay, 2036
State:NSW
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -33.980426
Long: 151.249923
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Plaque
Monument Theme:People
Sub-Theme:Military
Actual Event Start Date:26-February-1918
Actual Event End Date:26-February-1918

Dedication

Actual Monument Dedication Date:Saturday 30th October, 1999
Front Inscription

New South Wales
Department of Public Health

The Coast hospital
Sydney

In Memoriam

Sister Edith Blake RN graduated from the Coast Hospital Training School for Nurses in 1912

Matron Watson wrote to the Medical Superintendent Coast Hospital 9.3.18 (Letterbrook 1916 - 23 p.356.) " I regret to inform you that Sister Edith Blake, serving with Queen Alexandra's Imperial Nursing Service. is reported missing possibly drowned on 26th February 1918. She was on transport duty on British Hospital Ship " Glenart Castle" sunk by enemy action in the Bristol Channel, Great Britain, with heavy loss of life."

Lest We Forget 

Donated by Janette Doust P.H.H. Nurses` Training School Graduate 1965. Dedicated 30.10.1999. 

 

Source: MA
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