Next of kin: Michael Dwyer (father), Peisley Street, Orange
Date of enlistment: 5 September 1916
Place of enlistment: N/A
Age at enlistment: 24
Fate: Embarked "Kaiser-i-Hind" Sydney 9 December 1916. Disembarked Suez 10 January 1917. Proceeded to No. 1 General Hospital Heliopolis 10 March 1917. Admitted to No 14 Australian General Hospital Alexandria suffering from influenza 12 August 1918. Rejoined unit 24 August 1918. Admitted to 43rd General Hospital suffering from diarrhoea 26 October 1918. Admitted to 43rd General Hospital suffering from influenza. Returned to Australia 1 July 1919. Awarded the Medal of Military Merit, 4th Class 27 May 1919. Discharged 8 August 1919.
Agnes Dwyer, the daughter of Michael and Norah Dwyer of Orange, was just 24 when she signed up for war nursing duties in September 1916. She was sent on the "Kaiser-i-Hind" to Egypt, arriving on 10 January 1917. In August 1917 she was sent to Salonika in Greece where she attended Greek as well as Australian soldiers. Besides those wounded in battle, Nurse Dwyer had to tend some of the thousands who contracted malaria and other infectious diseases. The "Leader" reported that she "had a rough time in Salonika' and she herself did not escape illness. After the war she was awarded the Greek Medal for Military Merit for conspicuous service in the AIF. She later resumed nursing at the Prince of Wales Hospital in Randwick.
