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Source: The Grey Battalion (Image courtesy of the Fryer Library)
May Tilton May Tilton i(A98026 works by) (birth name: Mabel Tilton)
Born: Established: 1884 Victoria, ; Died: Ceased: 1964 Canterbury, Box Hill - Burwood area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,
Gender: Female
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In the years prior to World War I, May Tilton trained as a nurse at Launceston, in Tasmania. During World War I, she enlisted and served with the Australian Army Nursing Service in Egypt, England, France, Belgium and South Africa. Following World War I, she returned to nursing in Melbourne, where she was active within returned service circles. During World War I her brother Jack also served in the AIF, and spent part of the war as a prisoner of war in Germany.

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