Seventy-seven years later a statue for unmarked grave of WWI heroine nurse

By Tim Barlass
Updated April 24 2016 - 1:13am, first published 12:15am
Jennifer Furness places the medals of her great-aunt, Alice Cashin, on her unmarked grave in Woronora Cemetery. Photo: Nick Moir
Jennifer Furness places the medals of her great-aunt, Alice Cashin, on her unmarked grave in Woronora Cemetery. Photo: Nick Moir
Jennifer Furness and sister Lyndell Ford (scarf) are the great-nieces of the decorated WWI nurse Alice Cashin.
 Photo: Nick Moir
Jennifer Furness and sister Lyndell Ford (scarf) are the great-nieces of the decorated WWI nurse Alice Cashin. Photo: Nick Moir
Costume designer Caitlyn Elliot (left) and milliner Bronwyn Shooks make measurements on model Coral Levett for the WWI nurse's uniform. Photo: James Alcock:
Costume designer Caitlyn Elliot (left) and milliner Bronwyn Shooks make measurements on model Coral Levett for the WWI nurse's uniform. Photo: James Alcock:

When the Australian hospital ship Gloucester Castle was torpedoed in 1917 by a German submarine St Vincent's Hospital-trained matron Alice Cashin made sure 400 injured and sick soldiers were all rescued before she clambered on to a lifeboat.

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