Voluntary Aid Detachment Enlistments
From WA Military Digital Library
The Red Cross and The Order of St John established the Voluntary Aid Detachments (VADs) in 1914 to assist the nurses in military hospitals.
During World War 1 they were trained in First Aid. During World War 2 they were given more medical training but were not qualified nurses.
In mid 1916 the British Red Cross called for Australian VAD's to assist in hospitals in Britain. 30 women from different States left Fremantle on 4th October 1916, sailing on the 'Osterley'.
| Home State | Name | Date of Birth | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Western Australia | Emma Ethel Bowers | 10 Aug 1893 | BOWERS, Emma Ethel |
| Western Australia | Lydia Bruce | 1882 | BRUCE, Lydia |
| Western Australia | Ida Maud Evans | 1893 | EVANS, Ida Maud |
'Osterley' Incoming Passenger List, November 1916
In June 1941 the Australian Government called for VADs to volunteer overseas and in October 1941 the first contingent of VADs embarked for the Middle East.
| Service Number | Name | Date of Birth | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| WX17003 | Dorothy Leman Temperley | 29 Oct 1915 | |
| WX17004 | Verney Elizabeth Piesse | 19 Dec 1911 | |
| WX17005 | Helen Digby Morrison | 21 Mar 1907 | sister of WX17015 |
| WX17006 | Lilly Clara Pike | 31 Jul 1911 | |
| WX17007 | Doreen Grace Chatel | 13 Apr 1916 | |
| WX17008 | Eileen Maria Fullarton | 26 Dec 1907 | |
| WX17009 | Rona Adelaide Tremain | 4 Jun 1920 | |
| WX17010 | Marjory Newby | 1 Apr 1913 | |
| WX17011 | Stella Murray | 18 Feb 1919 | |
| WX17012 | Isla Rose Saw | 9 Feb 1914 | |
| WX17013 | Barbara English Clarke | 29 Jul 1909 | |
| WX17014 | Phyllis Margaret Shaw | 11 Mar 1909 | |
| WX17015 | Elizabeth Digby Morrison | 16 Jan 1909 | sister of WX17005 |
| WX17016 | Dorothy Joan Richardson | 4 Jun 1918 | |
| WX17017 | Margaret Norah Bolton | 28 Feb 1918 | |
| WX17018 | Betty Dettman | 1 Oct 1915 | |
| WX17019 | Yvonne Marcelline Marie Antoine | 24 Mar 1918 | |
| WX17020 | Laura Jean Routledge | 6 Nov 1912 | |
| WX17021 | Phyllis Noelle Perry | 23 Dec 1907 | |
| WX17022 | Florence Janet Gertrude Evans | 19 Jul 1913 | |
| WX17023 | Jean Robertson | 2 Aug 1920 | |
| WX17024 | Mary Catherine Patterson | 4 Nov 1915 | |
| WX17025 | Elva Irene MacMillan | 14 Nov 1913 | |
| WX17026 | Rita Eva Knight | 31 Oct 1916 | |
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| WX17028 | |||
| WX17029 | |||
| WX17030 | |||
| WX17031 | Ruth Gwendoline Birch | 8 Nov 1908 | |
| WX17032 | Mary Aitken Brown | 14 Jun 1905 | BROWN, Mary Aitken - WX17032 |
| WX17033 | |||
| WX17034 | |||
| WX17035 | |||
| WX17036 | Jessie Norma Dunbar | 21 Jan 1916 | |
| WX17037 | |||
| WX17038 | |||
| WX17039 | |||
| WX17040 | |||
| WX17041 | Dorothy May Smith | 2 Aug 1919 | |
| WX17042 | Elizabeth Thornton Young | 26 Jun 1917 | |
| WX17043 | Dorothy Joan Rutherford | 14 Jun 1913 | |
| WX17044 | Dorothy Alma Brown | 5 Apr 1908 | |
| WX17045 | Evelyn Mary Hall | 21 Dec 1913 | |
| WX17046 | Emily Ethel Annie Haskell | 20 Feb 1918 | |
| WX17047 | Dorothy Lilian Crofts | 14 Dec 1918 | |
| WX17048 | Dorothy Cooke | 14 Jul 1919 | |
| WX17049 | Ruth Epsie Nichols | 28 Feb 1917 | |
| WX17050 | Kathleen Beatrice Wells | 8 Oct 1919 | |
| WX17051 | Gertrude Avis Watts | 2 Jan 1920 | |
| WX17052 | Joy Gertrude Davis | 10 Nov 1918 | |
| WX17053 | Marjorie Eileen Dermer | 27 Dec 1917 | |
| WX17054 | Millicent Jean Hardie | 23 Apr 1910 | |
| WX17055 | Cynthia Rolfe Neville | 10 Feb 1918 | |
| WX17056 | Marjorie Edna Chapple | 28 Feb 1918 | |
| WX17057 | Phyllis Kathleen Winter | 14 Jul 1914 | |
| WX17058 | Willa Caterina Conlan | 28 Dec 1916 | |
| WX17059 | Maisie Ellen Abbott Woodward | 5 Oct 1908 | |
| WX17060 | Betty Brennand | 15 Dec 1916 | |
| WX17061 | Constance Emily Lewis | 28 Jan 1914 | |
| WX17062 | Jean Winifred Fraser | 2 Mar 1920 | |
| WX17063 | Mary Critch | 22 Mar 1913 | |
| WX17064 | Dorothy Jean Daly | 13 Sep 1918 | |
| WX17065 | Hilda May Hillary | 15 Dec 1916 | |
| WX17066 | Grace Irene Turvey | 28 Mar 1907 | |
| WX17067 | |||
| WX17068 | Constance Mary Keenan | 23 Mar 1917 | |
| WX17069 | Ruth Caroline Fleay | 4 Mar 1913 | |
| WX17070 | Dorothy Maud Massey | 8 Sep 1910 | |
| WX17071 | Dorothy May Smith | 2 aug 1919 | |
| WX17072 | Marjorie Constance Nash | 22 Oct 1902 | |
| WX17073 | Norah Clarke O'Toole | 23 Jan 1914 | |
| WX17074 | Alice Ismay Harris | 30 Aug 1911 | |
| WX17075 | Madge Blowfield | 21 Nov 1916 | |
| WX17076 | Gladys Margaret Weller | 4 Dec 1906 | |
| WX17077 | Ruth Marion Windsor Outred | 7 Aug 1917 | |
| WX17078 | Jean Isabel Gordon | 14 Oct 1911 | |
| WX17079 | Hazel Lilian Bell | 25 Sep 1913 | |
| WX17080 | |||
| WX17081 | |||
| WX17082 | |||
| WX17083 | Lyn Draper Pearcy | 2 Sep 1905 |