WWI nurses You are here:HomeAbout UsOur HeritageWWI nurses Summary stories of St Vincent's World War I nurses will be progressively added to this site. Ida O'Dwyer RRC was early to enlist and is probably the best known of the WWI veterans. Over the years more than 60 other nurses' stories have been uncovered. Among them are Bernice Loughrey (who served in both WWI and WWII), Marguerite Ousley (who made her own way overseas to serve in Britain and France) and Carrie de Groot (who succumbed to illness brought on by her war service). Staff Nurse Cushla Connolly 1917. Copy of original image provided courtesy Cushla's granddaughter. Initial research for this project was funded via the Victorian Government and Victorian Veterans Council ANZAC Centenary Community Grants Program. Further work was made possible by the research and writing assistance of SVHM Archives volunteers Maureen Mitchell (2015 - 2019) and Chris McDermott (2021 -). Please contact SVHM Archivist Barbara.Cytowicz@svha.org.au with any feedback or to access more detailed research profiles of the nurses.