Catherine ‘Kitty’ McNaughton, 1884-1953 Sister AANS Catherine (known as Kitty) was born in 1884 into one of the earlier white settler families of the Little River district, the daughter of John and Anne McNaughton From 1909 – 1912 Kitty trained as a nurse at Geelong Infirmary and Benevolent Asylum and later worked as a private … More Kitty McNaughton – war nurse
Sarah ‘Sadie’ McINTOSH, 1885-1970 Sister AANS 3rd Australian General Hospital (3AGH) Sarah McIntosh, always known as Sadie, was born in 1885 in the Little River area of Victoria to pioneering parents, Duncan McIntosh and Helen [nee Baxter] who were farmers, and was one of eleven children. Sadie completed her 3 years training at the Geelong … More Sadie’s story
From the Geelong Advertiser, 4th of April, 1884. Bloody carnage as two trains crash At twelve o’clock last night, a telegram was received from the Werribee railway station, intimating that a collision had taken place between the passenger train, which left Geelong for Melbourne at a quarter past nine o’clock in the evening, and a … More The 1884 Little River train crash
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