Margaret Rodger (Sister) born at Ballarat trained as a nurse at the Children’s Hospital before enlisting in the Australian Army Nursing Service on July 10th 1917, aged 27. On September 7th she embarked aboard the Kyarra and sailed to Bombay in India. She served there until a temporary deployment aboard the Hospital Ship Varsova in December 1918. She returned to Australia via Calcutta aboard the Janus, disembarked on January 11th 1920 and was discharged from the AANS on April 10th.

Her brothers William, and Hugh and sister Elonie also served in the AIF and are honoured with trees in the Avenue