• Entry type: Person
  • Entry ID: AWE1290

Jones, Violet Margaret

  • MacPhee, Violet Margaret
(1911 – 2001)
  • Born 13 July 1911, Chiltern, Victoria, Australia
  • Died 1 January 2001
  • Occupation Nursing administrator

Summary

Violet Jones enlisted with the Australian Army Nursing Service on December 15, 1941. She was attached to the 115 General Hospital in Heidelberg, Victoria.

Details

Following twelve months with the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS), Violet Jones continued her nursing career in hospitals.

She had ten siblings including one brother who was detained as a prisoner of war in Japan during the Second World War. Violet’s letter to him in 1942 is still in the possession of his daughter Kathryn Lucas.

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Archival resources

  • National Archives of Australia, National Office, Canberra
    • JONES VIOLET MARGARET : Service Number - V148279 : Date of birth - Unknown : Place of birth - CHILTERN VIC : Place of enlistment - HEIDELBERG VIC : Next of Kin - JONES CHRISTIAN

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  • Related Organisations
    • Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) (1902 - 1948)

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