Ethel married ALLEN, Charles Walter on 6 Jun 1900 in Fryerstown, Victoria, Australia. Charles (son of ALLEN, Charles and STALEY, Jane) was born on 20 Jul 1871 in Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia; died on 30 Nov 1958 in East Malvern, Victoria, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Clarice married ANDERSON, Clifford Alexander on 3 Sep 1928 in Victoria, Australia. Clifford (son of ANDERSON, Alexander Richard and JONES, Catherine Sommerville) was born on 22 Jul 1887 in Wunghnu, Victoria, Australia; died on 8 Oct 1965 in Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ethel married THOMPSON, James on 4 Jun 1927 in Victoria, Australia. James (son of THOMPSON, George Norman and DUNN, Lillian Mary) was born on 4 Oct 1900 in Abbotsford, Victoria, Australia; died on 1 Dec 1976 in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Dorothy was a Nurse, a profession which she followed until she retired aged 62, in 1966 she was awarded the MBE for her services.
She wrote of her life experiences "My Life and Times" a very interesting document.

Died:
Dorothy first came to the Northern Territory in 1937 on the SS Marella, to nurse at the Australian Inland Mission (AIM) Wimmera Home hostel/hospital at Victoria River Downs (VRD). The nursing staff worked as a team sharing professional and domestic tasks on 'a week and week about' basis Dorothy and staff were also responsible for conducting informal 'church services' and entertaining single white men in a Christian environment. Dorothy met Noel Townshend Hall at Wimmera Home and they married on the 1st May 1939 in Katherine. Noel had a contract to shoot buffaloes, they moved to small block on the Edith River in early 1940 later that year they returned to the Katherine area. In 1942 when Darwin was bombed and the women and children were evacuated she was at the Katherine railway station when Dorothy was told she was now responsible for the health and welfare of over 200 people, despite having no medicine and a delivering baby on the way she managed to get the group safely to Alice Springs. After the war Dorothy and Noel were reunited and they lived at Bonrook Station, near Pine Creek from 1945 to 1950, their daughter Diane was born at Katherine Hospital in 1946. Midway through 1950 she was asked to go and nurse at Yuendumu, an Aboriginal settlement about 280 km north-west of Alice Springs where an outbreak of gastroenteritis epidemic. She returned to Bonrook Station in 1951 where Noel involved in a number business ventures. Dorothy continued volunteering her time nursing for the community. In 1960 due to Noel's ill health they were forced to sell Bonrook Station. The family moved to Pine Creek and Dorothy worked alone as a voluntary community nurse for twelve years delivering health services through out the district eventually in 1963 she was paid a small allowance. In 1981 Dorothy moved to Darwin and become an active member of the St Peter's Church and Senior Citizen's Association until her death in 1989. https://www.territorystories.nt.gov.au/jspui/handle/10070/227670

Dorothy married HALL, Noel Townshend on 1 May 1939 in Katherine, Northern Territory, Australia. Noel (son of HALL, Arthur A and TOWNSHEND, Elizabeth Baker) was born on 31 Oct 1893 in Wollombi, New South Wales, Australia; died on 26 Jun 1982 in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia; was buried on 1 Jul 1982 in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Dorothy married HALL, Noel Townshend on 1 May 1939 in Katherine, Northern Territory, Australia. Noel (son of HALL, Arthur A and TOWNSHEND, Elizabeth Baker) was born on 31 Oct 1893 in Wollombi, New South Wales, Australia; died on 26 Jun 1982 in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia; was buried on 1 Jul 1982 in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
2 possible marriages in MI

Died:
Can't prove

Charles married EVANS, May Olive on 22 Nov 1941 in Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia. May was born on 18 Oct 1919 in Horsham, Victoria, Australia; died on 9 Oct 2004 in East Malvern, Victoria, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Winifred married MURDOCH, John Kennedy (Jack) on 21 Oct 1933 in Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia. John was born on 12 Nov 1909; died on 14 Apr 2001 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]