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Brisbane Hospital Honour Board WWI

When World War I broke out, Grace volunteered for nursing duty and joined the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS), following her brothers, Norman and Graeme, to the “Front”. From 1915 to 1919 most of her time was spent serving as matron of the Third Australian General Hospital, No 3 AGH, initially based on the island of Lemnos, where the hospital staff received and cared for the wounded soldiers from Gallipoli.