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SISTER ROSA O’KANE – A HEROINE OF WWI

On May 9, 2023 / History / 4 Comments

Tags: 1918 Armistice, 1919 flu epidemic, HMAT Boonah, Jeannie O'Kane, Rosa O'Kane, Sister Stella Morris, Spanish flu, Suzie Cone, Troopship Wyreema, Woodman Quarantine Station, WWI

Sister Rosa O’Kane was from Charters Towers in Queensland. She was aboard the troopship Wyreema when the armistice was signed in November 1918, and the ship was recalled to Australia. After the Wyreema reached Freemantle, Rosa was one of twenty army nurses who volunteered to care for

HMAT BOONAH; AN UNEXPECTED BATTLE

On May 2, 2023 / History / 1 Comment

Tags: Arthur Charles Thwaites, Captain Gilbert Brown, Covid Pandemic, Influenza, pandemic, S.S. Boonah, Senator Albert Gardiner, Spanish flu, The Reliance, Torrens Island, Woodman Quarantine Station, WWI

The story of HMAT Boonah in WWI should have prepared us better for the challenges of the Covid pandemic. Arthur Thwaites was a chemist’s assistant from Parramatta. He enlisted on October 15 1917 as part of the medical corps, but was not called for overseas service until

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SISTER ROSA O’KANE – A HEROINE OF WWI

HMAT BOONAH; AN UNEXPECTED BATTLE

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