The Beechworth Health Service (BHS) on Remembrance Day 2012 is planning to unveil a memorial to WW1 nurses who trained at the Ovens District Hospital, Church Street, Beechworth. The BHS would like to invite family members to the ceremony and on their behalf I would appreciate contact with descendants of any of the following nurses: Emily Grace CHAPPELL Parents: Arthur Chappell & Deborah Beaumont Born Yarrawonga, Victoria, 1889 Known siblings: Louise Deborah Annie Elizabeth Hannah Melvina Chappell Sarah Caroline Arthur Robert Alfred Beaumont Laura Constance Ellen Olive Mary Victoria Elsie Miriam Alice DONNES Parents: John Donnes & Agnes Miller Born Benalla, Victoria, 1876 Known siblings: Elizabeth John Samuel Mary Alice Agnes Edgar Hattersley Eileen HUGHES Parents: William Joseph Hughes & Annie Branston Born Dunkeld, Victoria, 1885 Known siblings: Ann Mary Mabel Arthur Walker William Warren Catherine Josephine Violet Cecilia May HUMPHREY/S Parents: George Humphrey/s & Rachel Atcheson/Atchison/ Born Pleasant Creek, Victoria, 1877 Known siblings: Elizabeth Harry Rachael Ethel May Rose Winifred Maud (possibly May's twin) Frances Lillian MACKAY Parents: Finlay Charles Mackay & Rebecca McKinley Born Nhill, Victoria, 1888 No known siblings. Flora Melville Parents: Finlay Charles Mackay & Rebecca McKinley Born Nhill, Victoria, 1888 No known siblings. Sybil Janet Orr NEWTON Parents: Robert Llewellyn Newton & Janet Orr Wilson Born Beechworth, Victoria, 1888 Known siblings. Muriel Glascott John Wilson Elizabeth ROTHERY Parents: Joseph Rothery & Mary Jane Turner Born Whitehaven, Cumberland, England 1882 Known siblings: Hannah Stanley Frances Ann May Alice Mary ROWAND Parents: James William Rowand & Margaret Walker Born Oakleigh, Victoria, 1889 Known siblings: Ellen Margaret Miriam WELSHMAN Parents: Arthur Cromwell Welshman & Margaret Ann Mitchell Born Yackandandah, Victoria, 1883 Known siblings: Arthur Desmond Ilma Millicent Welshman Morton McGowan Thank you and if you think you can help in any way then please contact me off list at annehanson1@bigpond.com Regards Anne Hanson