Biographical entry Bechervaise, Shirley

Summary

Shirley Bechervaise trained as a nurse at the Alfred Hospital, Melbourne. She was an Australian Army Nursing Sister during the second World War and was serving with Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service in France at the time of the Evacuation from Dunkirk.

Details

Events

1 July 1941

Award - Royal Red Cross (2nd Class) received

Published resources

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Bechervaise, Shirley', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1475802. Details

See also

• Alexander, John A. (ed.), Who's Who in Australia 1944, vol. 12, The Herald and Weekly Times Ltd, Melbourne, 1944, 906 pp. Details