Interwar, Europe, DORSCH, MAGAREY, Australian Army Nursing Service, 1919
1919Sisters Dorsch and Magarey, in fancy dress, on board ship, TSS Indarra,
Staff Nurse Gertrude Maria Othelia Dorsch enlisted at Prospect South Australia on 20 July 1915 and returned to Australia on 12 July 1919. She was the sister of 20543 Private Carl Emil Dorsch, Staff Nurse Elizabeth Jean Magarey enlisted on 1 October 1915 and embarked on 10 October on HMAT A71 Nestor as part of 1 Australian General Hospital, 1-6 Special Reinforcements. She returned to Australia on 12 July 1919.
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TSS Indarra was a twin screw steamship was the largest and most luxurious of all the AUSN ships (Australasian United Steam Navigation Company, Fremantle). Built by William Denny & Brothers at Dumbarton in 1913. She came in at 9,735 gross tons and was 451 feet long and could carry 470 passengers. After war service she was briefly chartered to the Orient Line and then put up for sale. Sold to Lloyd Royal Belge (Great Britain) Ltd. in 1920 for the Brazilian service she was re-named "Paes de Waes". She didn't and the company failed to meet repayments. She was repossessed by AUSN in 1925 and then in turn sold to Osaka Shosen Kaisha and renamed "Horai Maru". OSK removed some of her accommodation thus improving her stability. She was sunk in the Sunda Strait by American aircraft on 2nd March 1942.
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