Milada Epsteinova

Private Milada Epsteinova was a Czech nurse of the British Army who died during Second World War.
She was born on 18 February 1906, in Holesova, the daughter of Tomas Chytil and Frantiska Chytilova. She fled occupied Czechoslovakia in September 1939 to join her husband, Emil Epstein, in British Palestine.Milada Epsteinova Milada Epsteinova (Czech), mujweb.cz. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
Epsteinova joined the Auxiliary Territorial Service on 15 April 1942. She went onto serve in Egypt with the 2nd General Hospital as an auxiliary nurse, and later with the 13th General Hospital as part of the 509th Company. Epsteinova died on 14 June 1943 after developing typhoid fever. In 1946, sculptor Miloš Axman unveiled a bust in Epsteinova's likeness, in the Czech village of Lukov, Zlín District.Lukov (Czech), vets.estranky.cz. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
She is buried in Suez War Memorial Cemetery.
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==References==
*Epsteinova, Milada, cwgc.org. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
Category:1906 births
Category:1943 deaths
Category:Czech military personnel
Category:British Army
Category:Buried in Egypt
Category:Privates