Mary Dorothea Kathleen BOLUS. Volunteer, VAD SAMNS.
Born 1888 to Mrs. Louise Bolus, of "Maisonnette," Kenilworth, Cape Town, South Africa.
Died when the Royal Mail Ship Kenilworth Castle was abandoned as a result of depth charges exploding under her stern 4 June 1918. The order was given to abandon ship. Some of the life boats were lowered but became swamped and 15 people were drowned, among them was Mary, she was aged 30.
Her epitaph on her memorial reads. ‘She lost her life at sea whilst on a voyage to England to tend the sick and the wounded and was laid to rest, with full military honours on the 10 June 1918’
At rest in Efford Cemetery, Plymouth, Devon.
Photograph of memorial credited to Woose on Find a Grave
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