Zita Stella Lyons
Zita Stella Lyons (7A‑164‑18)
Zita was born in Rockhampton and trained at the Brisbane General Hospital. She sailed on the hospital ship Kyarra on 21 November 1914. She saw service with the Australian Army Nursing Service in Persia, Palestine, Egypt and aboard hospital ships off Gallipoli. After the war, Zita was in charge of Queensland’s first radium clinic.