Nursing Sister Kitty Porter from Milton in the Shoalhaven NSW

Katherine (Kitty) Lawrence Porter

Serial Number and Rank

Nursing Sister

Birth

East Milton 17 December 1882. Reg.1883/30182

Parents

John Porter and Mary Guthrie

Enlisted

Sydney 3 April 1915, prior to that she was on the staff of Sydney Hospital as Sister Porter.

Service

AANC, on return to Sydney was to take up the position of Matron of Randwick Mitilary Hospial.

Death

16 July 1919 Sydney was still in the Nursing service, died of pneumonia - influenza.

Burial

Waverley Cemetery Roman Catholic section Sydney NSW, with full Military honours.

Marriage

was engaged to Dr. Bullock of Sydney

War Record

Kitty was second in command of her hosptial unit (No. 2 ACCS) in Egypt and France. RTA aboard the SS Medic 9 April 1919. A welcome home to Milton celebration was given to Kitty Porter in June 1919. She was meet at Conjola by family members in a hire car, at Yatte Yattah School she was presented with a bouquet of flowers. Later Mrs Charles Kendall (President of the Local Red Cross) gave her an official welcome at the Milton School of Arts.

Photo
Welcome Home to Milton 1919

Honour Rolls

RSL Honour Roll (RRC)
Milton Town Memorial (RRC)
Milton Primary School as Nurse Porter
Yatte Yattah Community as Nurse Porter

Notes

Kitty trained as a nurse at Sydney Royal under the name of Lawrence (her grandmother's maiden name) as there was already another nurse Porter enrolled for training. It is not known when she reverted to her correct name. Kitty received the Royal Red Cross for her service to the armed forces caring for the injured during the war. The citation was issued a fortnight after she passed away. The medal was present to her Mother at a ceremony in Milton by representatives of the AIF and the British Army. The medal had added oak leaves because Kitty had been mention in dispatches. She received the ARRC (Associate Royal Red Cross Decoration) in 1919 and was mentioned in dispatches 31st December 1918 whilst attatched to the No. 25 General Hospital.

Sources

Newspaper reports on the Porter family.

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Serial Number and Rank	Nursing Sister
Birth	East Milton 17 December 1882. Reg.1883/30182
Parents	John Porter and Mary Guthrie
Enlisted	Sydney 3 April 1915, prior to that she was on the staff of Sydney Hospital as Sister Porter.
Service	AANC, on return to Sydney was to take up the position of Matron of Randwick Mitilary Hospial.
Death	16 July 1919 Sydney was still in the Nursing service, died of pneumonia - influenza.
Burial	Waverley Cemetery Roman Catholic section Sydney NSW, with full Military honours.
Marriage	was engaged to Dr. Bullock of Sydney
War Record	Kitty was second in command of her hosptial unit (No. 2 ACCS) in Egypt and France. RTA aboard the SS Medic 9 April 1919. A welcome home to Milton celebration was given to Kitty Porter in June 1919. She was meet at Conjola by family members in a hire car, at Yatte Yattah School she was presented with a bouquet of flowers. Later Mrs Charles Kendall (President of the Local Red Cross) gave her an official welcome at the Milton School of Arts.
Photo Welcome Home to Milton 1919
Honour Rolls	RSL Honour Roll (RRC) Milton Town Memorial (RRC) Milton Primary School as Nurse Porter Yatte Yattah Community as Nurse Porter
Notes	Kitty trained as a nurse at Sydney Royal under the name of Lawrence (her grandmother's maiden name) as there was already another nurse Porter enrolled for training. It is not known when she reverted to her correct name. Kitty received the Royal Red Cross for her service to the armed forces caring for the injured during the war. The citation was issued a fortnight after she passed away. The medal was present to her Mother at a ceremony in Milton by representatives of the AIF and the British Army. The medal had added oak leaves because Kitty had been mention in dispatches. She received the ARRC (Associate Royal Red Cross Decoration) in 1919 and was mentioned in dispatches 31st December 1918 whilst attatched to the No. 25 General Hospital.
Sources	Newspaper reports on the Porter family.