It was a dramatic change to the lifestyle of the 35-year-old after living in Lords Place with her family before embarking from Sydney in November 2014 with the 2nd Australian General Hospital.

When they arrived in Egypt they set up in Ghezireh Palace, which was to become their first headquarters in the conflict.

During her work treating the wounded from Gallipoli she was promoted to sister in June 2015 

She served initially on hospital ships travelling to and from Australia.

With the conflict broadening to Europe and France she was sent to France to administer to the troops who had suffered horrendous casualties on the Western Front.

Orange historian Lis Edwards who referred to Sister Stone in her book on the medical history of Orange, said dealing with the war wounds must have come as a shock to Sister Stone and colleagues.

“They would never have seen anything like it and they did wonderfully well to cope the way they did,” Ms Edwards said.

“The war must have been an absolutely awful experience for her,” she said.

“In those days all nurses were unmarried - once they married in Australia they had to leave the profession,” Ms Edwards said.

Sister Stone also worked in England during the war and stayed on for a year after the war ended, helping with the treatment and rehabilitation of injured troops and was awarded the Royal Red Cross.

After returning to Orange she took on the role of matron of Ardee Private Hospital, which was formerly located in Kite Street before moving to Darwin as acting matron of the hospital and later Matron of the clinic in that city.

In 1934 in the King’s Birthday Honours list she was awarded an MBE in recognition of her war services.

Based on information provided by the Orange City Library and the Australian War Memorial.