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Name: SMURTHWAITE, Ethel Mary, Mrs
Nee: Sheffield
Birth Date: 1894 South Shields
Death Date: 1980 Brisbane
First Date: 1935
Profession: Female Mental Nurse, Mathari Mental Hospital, Medical Dept., Kenya in 1939, appointed 1938. Originally Temp. Wardress 1935
Area: Nairobi
Married: In Brentford 28 Aug 1915 Frederick Matthew Smurthwaite (1868-1953)
Children: Rebecca Mary (24 Dec 1915 Chiswick); Frederick S. (1921 Hungerford-1922 Fulham); John (16 May 1924-27 Oct 2010 Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia); Alan (1926 Hammersmith-19 June 1946 Somalia, war grave)
Book Reference: Staff 39