1887 - 1985
Pearl Corkhill Australian Nurse
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| First Name |
Pearl
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| Last Name |
Corkhill
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| Birthday |
11th March, 1887
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| Birthplace |
Tilba Tilba, New South Wales
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| Died |
4th December, 1985
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| Place of Death |
Dalmeny, New South Wales
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| Zodiac Sign |
Pisces
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| Nationality |
Australian
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| Occupation |
Nurse
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Elizabeth Pearl Corkhill, MM (11 March 1887 – 4 December 1985) was an Australian military nurse of the First World War. Trained as a nurse in Sydney, Corkhill enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 4 June 1915. After serving in France at the 1st and 3rd Australian General Hospitals, Corkhill was assigned to the 38th British Casualty Clearing Station near Abbeville on 21 August 1918. On 23 August, while the camp was being heavily bombed by enemy aircraft, Corkhill remained calm and continued to tend to her patients, despite the danger. For her bravery, she was awarded the Military Medal, one of only seven Australian nurses to be so decorated in the First World War. Following the Armistice, she went on to work as a nurse at various public hospitals, and donated a large collection of her father's photographs to the National Library of Australia.
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