GODDEN, Mary Jobling Tulip
Sister
AANS
No 1 AGH
Born 1879 in Morpeth, NSW
Daughter of Henry Richard GODDEN and Alice nee TULIP
Address Pertersham, NSW
Age 35 years
Enlisted 24 February 1915
Duty at Garrison Hospital Victoria Barracks, Sydney till embarkation
Re-enlisted 31 July 1915 in Egypt
Service in Egypt, India, England and on the field in France
Promoted to Sister 01 October 1918
Returned to Australia per “Wahehe” 10 May 1919 On Duty
Home Service at No 4 AGH till termination
Appointment Terminated 22 January 1920
Did not marry
Died 20 June 1974 in NSW
Late of Homebush West, NSW
AANS
No 1 AGH
Born 1879 in Morpeth, NSW
Daughter of Henry Richard GODDEN and Alice nee TULIP
Address Pertersham, NSW
Age 35 years
Enlisted 24 February 1915
Duty at Garrison Hospital Victoria Barracks, Sydney till embarkation
Re-enlisted 31 July 1915 in Egypt
Service in Egypt, India, England and on the field in France
Promoted to Sister 01 October 1918
Returned to Australia per “Wahehe” 10 May 1919 On Duty
Home Service at No 4 AGH till termination
Appointment Terminated 22 January 1920
Did not marry
Died 20 June 1974 in NSW
Late of Homebush West, NSW
GODFREY, Annie Sarah
Masseuse
AANS
Born 1862 in Sydney, NSW
Daughter of James GODFREY and Sarah nee OLDREY
Sister of Eva Fanny ARMYTAGE
Age 43 years
Enlisted 22 October 1915
Embarked 10 November 1915
Service in Egypt and England
Returned to Australia 02 December 1919 per “Port Napier” On Duty
Appointment terminated 27 April 1920
Did not marry
Died 09 October 1934 at Manly, NSW
Buried Manly Cemetery
AANS
Born 1862 in Sydney, NSW
Daughter of James GODFREY and Sarah nee OLDREY
Sister of Eva Fanny ARMYTAGE
Age 43 years
Enlisted 22 October 1915
Embarked 10 November 1915
Service in Egypt and England
Returned to Australia 02 December 1919 per “Port Napier” On Duty
Appointment terminated 27 April 1920
Did not marry
Died 09 October 1934 at Manly, NSW
Buried Manly Cemetery
GODFREY, Leila Bowie
Sister
AANS
Born 1892 at Grenfell, NSW
Daughter of Walter Bowie GODFREY and Alice Emily nee BROWNE
Age 25 years
Enlisted 10 May 1917
Embarked 12 June 1917 in Melbourne per “Mooltan”
Service Salonika
Promoted Sister 12 July 1919
1918 was not a good year for Nurse Godfrey, she contracted Malaria in February and was hospitalized 3 times that year with attacks. She caught Influenza in September and again in November. And on Christmas day her hair and face was slightly burned by an errant Christmas Pudding.
Returned to Australia 09 August 1919 per “Ceramic” On Duty
Appointment Terminated 29 January 1920
Married Clyde EDGINTON in 1943
Died 25 August 1970 at Collaroy, NSW
AANS
Born 1892 at Grenfell, NSW
Daughter of Walter Bowie GODFREY and Alice Emily nee BROWNE
Age 25 years
Enlisted 10 May 1917
Embarked 12 June 1917 in Melbourne per “Mooltan”
Service Salonika
Promoted Sister 12 July 1919
1918 was not a good year for Nurse Godfrey, she contracted Malaria in February and was hospitalized 3 times that year with attacks. She caught Influenza in September and again in November. And on Christmas day her hair and face was slightly burned by an errant Christmas Pudding.
Returned to Australia 09 August 1919 per “Ceramic” On Duty
Appointment Terminated 29 January 1920
Married Clyde EDGINTON in 1943
Died 25 August 1970 at Collaroy, NSW
GOGGINS, Margaret Ellen
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Sister
AANS Born 1884 in Warwick, Qld. Daughter of Michael GOGGINS and Catherine nee COVENEY Age 30 years Enlisted 21 July 1915 Embarked 22 July 1915 at Fremantle per “Orsova” Service Egypt, France and on the field Promoted to Sister 01 October 1918 During her war service she recovered from Nephritis, Gastritis, Vaccinia, Bronchitis and Dengue. Returned to Australia 02 March 1919 per “Derbyshire” On Duty Appointment terminated 12 September 1919 Did not marry Died 07 October 1927 in Qld. Buried Warwick Cemetery Photograph courtesy of Leo and Maryann Goggins |
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THE LATE SISTER GOGGINS.
WARWICK, October 27.
The death took place at the Mater Misericordiae Private Hospital on October 7, of Sister Margaret Ellen Goggins, third daughter of the late Mr Michael Goggins of Tannymorel , and Mrs M Goggins, of Warwick. Sister Goggins received her training in the Warwick General Hospital, and then was appointed charge nurse at Gympie Hospital, and later matron of Longreach Hospital. She afterwards took up private nursing in Sydney and later was head sister in the Cue-Day Dawn A G Hospital in Egypt and then in the 2nd Casualty dealing Station in France. The clearing station was shelled in 1918, and Sister Goggins received a shrapnel wound and shell shock. She was afterwards sent to England and returned to Australia in 1919. During the war the 'Red Cross Journal ' published a letter from a wounded soldier somewhere in France," which paid a tribute to the work of the Queensland nurses. Incidentally, a warm reference was made to Nurse Goggins. The writer said "She is regular brick. She was one of the nurses for the first week, and for the second week she was night sister. In the morning, after taking temperatures & c , she used to have a yarn about Warwick and Tannymorel, and tell us yarns about her experience in West Australia. She always had an audience of seven or eight all who were up, in fact when she started to yarn. We felt nearly heartbroken (I did anyway) when she was transferred. When I get out of here, and shift along I shall probably have a chance to look her up, and if not I will take leave". After returning from the war Sister Goggins did nursing in New Zealand, and three years in New York (USA), where she took ill. She returned home again about a year ago but did not regain her health. She was laid to lest in the Warwick cemetery, on October 8 beside her father, Mr M Goggins and her sister Mrs P D Devaney and leaves to mourn her loss Mrs M Goggins Mrs W Lanigan Mr B Goggins, (Warwick) Mr E Goggins (Tannymorel ), and Mr J Goggins (Wallangarra).
The Brisbane Courier Friday 28 October 1927 page 24
WARWICK, October 27.
The death took place at the Mater Misericordiae Private Hospital on October 7, of Sister Margaret Ellen Goggins, third daughter of the late Mr Michael Goggins of Tannymorel , and Mrs M Goggins, of Warwick. Sister Goggins received her training in the Warwick General Hospital, and then was appointed charge nurse at Gympie Hospital, and later matron of Longreach Hospital. She afterwards took up private nursing in Sydney and later was head sister in the Cue-Day Dawn A G Hospital in Egypt and then in the 2nd Casualty dealing Station in France. The clearing station was shelled in 1918, and Sister Goggins received a shrapnel wound and shell shock. She was afterwards sent to England and returned to Australia in 1919. During the war the 'Red Cross Journal ' published a letter from a wounded soldier somewhere in France," which paid a tribute to the work of the Queensland nurses. Incidentally, a warm reference was made to Nurse Goggins. The writer said "She is regular brick. She was one of the nurses for the first week, and for the second week she was night sister. In the morning, after taking temperatures & c , she used to have a yarn about Warwick and Tannymorel, and tell us yarns about her experience in West Australia. She always had an audience of seven or eight all who were up, in fact when she started to yarn. We felt nearly heartbroken (I did anyway) when she was transferred. When I get out of here, and shift along I shall probably have a chance to look her up, and if not I will take leave". After returning from the war Sister Goggins did nursing in New Zealand, and three years in New York (USA), where she took ill. She returned home again about a year ago but did not regain her health. She was laid to lest in the Warwick cemetery, on October 8 beside her father, Mr M Goggins and her sister Mrs P D Devaney and leaves to mourn her loss Mrs M Goggins Mrs W Lanigan Mr B Goggins, (Warwick) Mr E Goggins (Tannymorel ), and Mr J Goggins (Wallangarra).
The Brisbane Courier Friday 28 October 1927 page 24
GOOD, Gertrude
Matron
AANS
Born 23 October 1879 in Launceston, Tas.
Daughter of John Bowls GOOD and Mary Jane nee CRABB
Age 36 years
Enlisted 13 January 1915
Embarked 12 April 1916 in Melbourne per “Mooltan”
Duty on Ship “Willochra”
Invalided to Australia 22 February 1916 (Enteric) per “Commonwealth”
Promoted to Matron 18 July 1917
Re-embarked 08 August 1917 per “Anchises”
Service on Hospital Ships “Nestor” “Beltana”
Returned to Australia 05 July 1918 per “Gaika”
Appointment terminated 25 November 1918
Repatriation contact December 1958
Married name John H O'HALLORAN in Murwillumbah, NSW in 1920
Died 28 May 1976 in NSW
Late of Hunters Hill, NSW
Photograph Table Talk Thursday 10 December 1914 page 22
Punch Thursday 10 December 1914 page 18
AANS
Born 23 October 1879 in Launceston, Tas.
Daughter of John Bowls GOOD and Mary Jane nee CRABB
Age 36 years
Enlisted 13 January 1915
Embarked 12 April 1916 in Melbourne per “Mooltan”
Duty on Ship “Willochra”
Invalided to Australia 22 February 1916 (Enteric) per “Commonwealth”
Promoted to Matron 18 July 1917
Re-embarked 08 August 1917 per “Anchises”
Service on Hospital Ships “Nestor” “Beltana”
Returned to Australia 05 July 1918 per “Gaika”
Appointment terminated 25 November 1918
Repatriation contact December 1958
Married name John H O'HALLORAN in Murwillumbah, NSW in 1920
Died 28 May 1976 in NSW
Late of Hunters Hill, NSW
Photograph Table Talk Thursday 10 December 1914 page 22
Punch Thursday 10 December 1914 page 18
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GOODCHILD, Christina Marion
Sister
AANS
Born 27 June 1882 at Kapunda, SA
Daughter of Wiliam George GOODCHILD and Bessie nee OLDHAM
Enlisted 20 July 1915
Embarked 19 August 1915
Served in France and London
Granted leave without pay to attend Course of French Lessons
Attending Berlitz School of Languages, Oxford Street London 29/7/19 to 31/8/19
Returned to Australia 08 October 1919 per 'Benalla'
Appointment terminated 20 January 1920
Did not marry
Died 1966 in New Zealand
AANS
Born 27 June 1882 at Kapunda, SA
Daughter of Wiliam George GOODCHILD and Bessie nee OLDHAM
Enlisted 20 July 1915
Embarked 19 August 1915
Served in France and London
Granted leave without pay to attend Course of French Lessons
Attending Berlitz School of Languages, Oxford Street London 29/7/19 to 31/8/19
Returned to Australia 08 October 1919 per 'Benalla'
Appointment terminated 20 January 1920
Did not marry
Died 1966 in New Zealand
GOODE, Edna Kathleen Millicent
Sister
AANS
Born 21 December 1890 at Canowie Station, SA
Daughter of Thomas GOODE and Margaret nee WILSON
Address 15 Westall St. Hyde Park, SA
Age 26 years
Training at Miss Laurence’s Hospital
Enlisted 04 September 1917 at Keswick
Embarked 13 September 1917 at Melbourne per “Runic”
Service in Egypt
Contracted Dysentery and Influenza
Returned to Australia per “Sardinia” 01 May 1919
Appointment Terminated 26 June 1919
Married 26 June 1919 Dr. William Foster SIMMONS
He was a Lt-Colonel and a Medical Officer during WW1.
Edna died 10 March 1977 in NSW.
Late of Vaucluse, NSW
AANS
Born 21 December 1890 at Canowie Station, SA
Daughter of Thomas GOODE and Margaret nee WILSON
Address 15 Westall St. Hyde Park, SA
Age 26 years
Training at Miss Laurence’s Hospital
Enlisted 04 September 1917 at Keswick
Embarked 13 September 1917 at Melbourne per “Runic”
Service in Egypt
Contracted Dysentery and Influenza
Returned to Australia per “Sardinia” 01 May 1919
Appointment Terminated 26 June 1919
Married 26 June 1919 Dr. William Foster SIMMONS
He was a Lt-Colonel and a Medical Officer during WW1.
Edna died 10 March 1977 in NSW.
Late of Vaucluse, NSW
GOODMAN, Pearl Stella
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Staff Nurse
AANS Born Orange, NSW Daughter of Thomas GOODMAN and Caroline nee BENTLEY Sister to Mrs. Frances TAIT (parents deceased) Age 30 years Trained at Orange District Hospital Nursed at Dubbo, Kurri Kurrie and Cairns Enlisted 30 October 1915 Matron of Enoggera Miltiary Camp Embarked 29 December 1916 in Sydney per “Themistocles” Service briefly on the field in France Invalided to Australia (Pulmonary Tuberculosis) 16 December 1917 per “Kanowna Discharged as medically unfit 15 August 1918 Acting Matron of the Cairns District Hospital Did not marry Died 03 March 1919 at Malabar Convalescent Home, Pennant Hill, NSW Buried Rookwood Cemetery with military honours. |
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GORDON, Cecil Imogen Keith
Sister
AANS
Born 1882 at Long Gully, Vic.
Daughter of James GORDON and Emily nee JENNINGS
Sister of J. C. JEFFREY
of Budston, Wilson St., Middle Brighton, Vic.
Enlisted 10 November 1915
Aged 30 years
Taken on strength 09 December 1915
Enlisted 29 March 1916 at Ismailia, Egypt
Served in London
Returned to Australia (Sydney) 12 April 1917 per 'Ulysses'
Embarked 25 April 1917 from Melbourne per 'Karoola'
Served in Bombay - Victoria War Hospital, Station Hospital Ahmednagar.
Resigned appointment due to marriage in UK 14 October 1918 to Roger Horace ANSELL
Died 1968 in Wagga Wagga NSW
AANS
Born 1882 at Long Gully, Vic.
Daughter of James GORDON and Emily nee JENNINGS
Sister of J. C. JEFFREY
of Budston, Wilson St., Middle Brighton, Vic.
Enlisted 10 November 1915
Aged 30 years
Taken on strength 09 December 1915
Enlisted 29 March 1916 at Ismailia, Egypt
Served in London
Returned to Australia (Sydney) 12 April 1917 per 'Ulysses'
Embarked 25 April 1917 from Melbourne per 'Karoola'
Served in Bombay - Victoria War Hospital, Station Hospital Ahmednagar.
Resigned appointment due to marriage in UK 14 October 1918 to Roger Horace ANSELL
Died 1968 in Wagga Wagga NSW
GORDON, Doris
Sister
AANS
Born 15 December 1890 at Semaphore, SA
Daughter of David John GORDON and Anna Louisa nee PEEL
Of Victoria Avenue, Unley Park, SA
Occupation prior to enlistment Trained Nurse
Enlisted 26 September 1916 at Keswick, SA
Embarked 29 December 1916 per 'Themistocles'
Served in France
Returned to Australia 19 August 1919 per 'Lancashire'
Appointment terminated 31 May 1919
Married 16 June 1920 Stuart William MATTERS
Was Secretary of the Returned Sister's Sub Branch of the R.S.S.L.L.A
Wrote a series or Articles for 'The Mail' newspaper in Adelaide entitled 'Grey Women in the Great War; in 1930.
Family of 2 sons
Died 30 September 1966 at Henry Gilbert Hospital, North Adelaide, SA
Aged 75 years
Cause of death Cerebral Vascular Accident (hour) Cerebral Atheroma (years) Arteriosclerosis (years) Uraemia (weeks)
Resided 9 Egmont Terrace, Erindale, SA
Cremated Centennial Park Cemetery
AANS
Born 15 December 1890 at Semaphore, SA
Daughter of David John GORDON and Anna Louisa nee PEEL
Of Victoria Avenue, Unley Park, SA
Occupation prior to enlistment Trained Nurse
Enlisted 26 September 1916 at Keswick, SA
Embarked 29 December 1916 per 'Themistocles'
Served in France
Returned to Australia 19 August 1919 per 'Lancashire'
Appointment terminated 31 May 1919
Married 16 June 1920 Stuart William MATTERS
Was Secretary of the Returned Sister's Sub Branch of the R.S.S.L.L.A
Wrote a series or Articles for 'The Mail' newspaper in Adelaide entitled 'Grey Women in the Great War; in 1930.
Family of 2 sons
Died 30 September 1966 at Henry Gilbert Hospital, North Adelaide, SA
Aged 75 years
Cause of death Cerebral Vascular Accident (hour) Cerebral Atheroma (years) Arteriosclerosis (years) Uraemia (weeks)
Resided 9 Egmont Terrace, Erindale, SA
Cremated Centennial Park Cemetery
The Mail Saturday 09 December 1933 page 3S
Mrs. Stewart Matters who as Miss Doris Gordon was a sister in the Australian Army Nursing Service -
On Christmas 1916 I was on a boat on my way to France where I was stationed until the end of 1917.
Then I was transferred to one of the two big English hospitals in Genoa, Italy to nurse British troops.
I remained there until the end of 1918.
Mrs. Stewart Matters who as Miss Doris Gordon was a sister in the Australian Army Nursing Service -
On Christmas 1916 I was on a boat on my way to France where I was stationed until the end of 1917.
Then I was transferred to one of the two big English hospitals in Genoa, Italy to nurse British troops.
I remained there until the end of 1918.
GORDON, Janet
Staff Nurse
Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve
Born
Mother - Mrs. R.A. GORDON of 56 New Street, Rothes, Morayshire, Scotland
Enlisted 18 December 1915 in Melbourne, Vic.
Embarked from Australia 18 December 1915
Arrived in UK 10 February 1916
Posted 10 February 1916
Signed contract 24 February 1916 at Birmingham War Hospital, Northfield
7 Stationary Hospital 04 April 1916
Abbeville 03 July 1916
Posted to 45 Casualty Clearing Station 17 July 1916
Signed renewal of contract 29 October 1916
Posted to 13 Stationary Hospital 30 November 1916
Posted to 39 Casualty Clearing Station 13 December 1916
Posted to 1 General Hospital 01 January 1917
Posted 47 General Hospital 14 June 1917
Posted 51 Casualty Clearing Station 22 June 1917
Granted sick leave 12 July 1917 to England and Admitted with NYD Fever
Signed renewal of contract 30 November 1917
To Duty 30 December 1917
Posted 10 Stationary Hospital
Admitted to 10 Stationary Hospital NYD and transferred to 14 General Hospital with Myalgia
To England 21 days sick leave 14 February 1918
Signed renewal of contract 04 March 1918
Posted to 12 Stationary Hosptial 11 March 1918
Posted to 6 Casualty Clearing Station 10 May 1918
Signed renewal of contract for 6 months 13 May 1918 in France
Posted to 12 Stationary Hospital 10 September 1918
Posted to 6 Casualty Clearing Station 15 September 1918
Posted to 12 Stationary Hospital 25 October 1918
Posted to 6 Casualty Clearing Station, Montigny 29 October 1918
Signed renewal of contract for 6 months 13 December 1918 in France
Contracted Typhoid Fever March 1919
Transferred to 46 Stationary Hospital with Typhoid 13 April 1919
Struck off strength in France 16 September 1919
Demobilised 30 July 1919
Residing Belvidere Hospital, London Road, Glasgow, Scotland
Residing 56 New Street, Rothes, Morayshire, Scotland July 1919
Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve
Born
Mother - Mrs. R.A. GORDON of 56 New Street, Rothes, Morayshire, Scotland
Enlisted 18 December 1915 in Melbourne, Vic.
Embarked from Australia 18 December 1915
Arrived in UK 10 February 1916
Posted 10 February 1916
Signed contract 24 February 1916 at Birmingham War Hospital, Northfield
7 Stationary Hospital 04 April 1916
Abbeville 03 July 1916
Posted to 45 Casualty Clearing Station 17 July 1916
Signed renewal of contract 29 October 1916
Posted to 13 Stationary Hospital 30 November 1916
Posted to 39 Casualty Clearing Station 13 December 1916
Posted to 1 General Hospital 01 January 1917
Posted 47 General Hospital 14 June 1917
Posted 51 Casualty Clearing Station 22 June 1917
Granted sick leave 12 July 1917 to England and Admitted with NYD Fever
Signed renewal of contract 30 November 1917
To Duty 30 December 1917
Posted 10 Stationary Hospital
Admitted to 10 Stationary Hospital NYD and transferred to 14 General Hospital with Myalgia
To England 21 days sick leave 14 February 1918
Signed renewal of contract 04 March 1918
Posted to 12 Stationary Hosptial 11 March 1918
Posted to 6 Casualty Clearing Station 10 May 1918
Signed renewal of contract for 6 months 13 May 1918 in France
Posted to 12 Stationary Hospital 10 September 1918
Posted to 6 Casualty Clearing Station 15 September 1918
Posted to 12 Stationary Hospital 25 October 1918
Posted to 6 Casualty Clearing Station, Montigny 29 October 1918
Signed renewal of contract for 6 months 13 December 1918 in France
Contracted Typhoid Fever March 1919
Transferred to 46 Stationary Hospital with Typhoid 13 April 1919
Struck off strength in France 16 September 1919
Demobilised 30 July 1919
Residing Belvidere Hospital, London Road, Glasgow, Scotland
Residing 56 New Street, Rothes, Morayshire, Scotland July 1919
GORDON, Margaret Helen
Sister
AANS
Born 02 March 1888 in Port Pirie, SA
Daughter of James GORDON and Mary nee BEDDOME
Of Partridge St., Glenelg, SA
Aged 28 years
Training Adelaide Hospital
Enlisted 13 December 1916
Embarked 19 December 1916 per “Orontes”
Service in England and ship “Themistocles”
Promoted to Sister 31 December 1918
Returned to Australia 25 September 1919 per “Mahana” On Duty
Appointment terminated 01 January 1920
Repatriation contact March 1959
Did not marry
Died 21 June 1981
Buried Centennial Park Cemetery- site expired
AANS
Born 02 March 1888 in Port Pirie, SA
Daughter of James GORDON and Mary nee BEDDOME
Of Partridge St., Glenelg, SA
Aged 28 years
Training Adelaide Hospital
Enlisted 13 December 1916
Embarked 19 December 1916 per “Orontes”
Service in England and ship “Themistocles”
Promoted to Sister 31 December 1918
Returned to Australia 25 September 1919 per “Mahana” On Duty
Appointment terminated 01 January 1920
Repatriation contact March 1959
Did not marry
Died 21 June 1981
Buried Centennial Park Cemetery- site expired
GORDON, Ruby Elizabeth
Staff Nurse
AANS
Born 24 October 1893 in Carlton, Vic
Daughter of Mr. Richard GORDON and Elizabeth nee MORRIS/MORRISEY
Address 533 Nicholson St. North Carlton, Vic
Age 25 years
Enlisted 28 June 1918
Embarked 09 November 1918 per “Wiltshire” at Sydney
Service in India
Returned to Australia per “Charon” 21 December 1919
Appointment Terminated 02 March 1920
Repatriation contact 15 December 1958
Married Hood
Died 1972 at Brotherhood of St. Lawrence accomodation at Carrum Downs Vic.
Aged 88 years
AANS
Born 24 October 1893 in Carlton, Vic
Daughter of Mr. Richard GORDON and Elizabeth nee MORRIS/MORRISEY
Address 533 Nicholson St. North Carlton, Vic
Age 25 years
Enlisted 28 June 1918
Embarked 09 November 1918 per “Wiltshire” at Sydney
Service in India
Returned to Australia per “Charon” 21 December 1919
Appointment Terminated 02 March 1920
Repatriation contact 15 December 1958
Married Hood
Died 1972 at Brotherhood of St. Lawrence accomodation at Carrum Downs Vic.
Aged 88 years
Irish-born Richard Gordon arrived in Victoria as a 17 year old labourer on the Great Britain in 1865, but it was not until 1886 that he married Elizabeth née Morris. Their older son Richard Arthur was born in 1887, their only daughter Ruby Elizabeth in 1892 and a second son James Norwood in 1898. At this time the family was living at 142 Amess Street, but by 1901 had moved to a single-fronted house at 533 Nicholson Street, between Fenwick and Macpherson Streets. Richard's occupation was cab owner. The family remained at this address for some 20 years but from 1914 onwards Richard, who would then have been 65, described himself as being of independent means. Interestingly, Ruby appears twice on the 1914 electoral roll, at her family address but also at the Melbourne Hospital, where she had been working for four years.1Many of the nurses with links to Carlton were in their thirties, but Ruby was only 25 when she enlisted on 28 June 1918. She embarked on the Wiltshire in November 1918 and disembarked a month later at Bombay. She served at Deccan War Hospital in Poona (now Pune). Initially quite small, it had been enlarged to 1200 beds to accommodate patients from Mesopotamia (Iraq) and specialised in the treatment of tropical diseases. Later she was transferred to King George's War Hospital in the same city. In November 1919, just a little less than a year after she had arrived in India, she sailed for home on the Charon. Her father was officially notified that she would travel overland from Fremantle and proceed directly to the Nurses' Hostel in the Grand (now Windsor) Hotel, Spring Street, Melbourne. She duly arrived in January 1920 and was discharged the following month.
Ruby's older brother Richard (service number 25984) also served in World War 1. He enlisted on 25 February 1916 when he was 28, embarked on the Orsova and arrived in Plymouth in August of that same year. By March 1917 he was in France. He attained the rank of temporary corporal and returned to Australia on the Konig Frederich August in August 1919, just three years after his departure.
By 1921 the family had moved to 47 Arnold Street, Princes Hill (now demolished). Over the next decade Ruby's brothers married and left the family home but she remained there until the deaths of her father, at the age 89 in 1937, and her mother four years later. By 1943 Ruby was living with her brother Richard and his wife Ruby Myrtle in Rosemont Avenue, Surrey Hills and was still a nurse. She was then 51 and the rest of her life must have seemed quite predictable. But the 1949 electoral roll shows Richard and Ruby Myrtle Gordon still at that address together with Elizabeth Ruby Hood, an inspector, and Samuel Hood, government employee.
In December 1958, when she would have been 66, Ruby made an application to the Repatriation Department for "benefits" related to her service. Unfortunately her record does not show the reply to her request. In the same year she was living at 23 Queen Street, Frankston and again stating her occupation as nurse. She later moved to Brotherhood of St Lawrence accommodation at Carrum Downs and died there in 1972 at the age of eighty.
http://www.cchg.asn.au/greatwar.html
Ruby's older brother Richard (service number 25984) also served in World War 1. He enlisted on 25 February 1916 when he was 28, embarked on the Orsova and arrived in Plymouth in August of that same year. By March 1917 he was in France. He attained the rank of temporary corporal and returned to Australia on the Konig Frederich August in August 1919, just three years after his departure.
By 1921 the family had moved to 47 Arnold Street, Princes Hill (now demolished). Over the next decade Ruby's brothers married and left the family home but she remained there until the deaths of her father, at the age 89 in 1937, and her mother four years later. By 1943 Ruby was living with her brother Richard and his wife Ruby Myrtle in Rosemont Avenue, Surrey Hills and was still a nurse. She was then 51 and the rest of her life must have seemed quite predictable. But the 1949 electoral roll shows Richard and Ruby Myrtle Gordon still at that address together with Elizabeth Ruby Hood, an inspector, and Samuel Hood, government employee.
In December 1958, when she would have been 66, Ruby made an application to the Repatriation Department for "benefits" related to her service. Unfortunately her record does not show the reply to her request. In the same year she was living at 23 Queen Street, Frankston and again stating her occupation as nurse. She later moved to Brotherhood of St Lawrence accommodation at Carrum Downs and died there in 1972 at the age of eighty.
http://www.cchg.asn.au/greatwar.html
GOUGH, Kathleen Marion
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Staff Nurse
AANS Born 1895 at Fitzroy South, Melbourne, Vic. Daughter of John and Katherine C GOUGH Trained Warracknabeal District Hospital Enlisted 27 April 1917 in Melbourne, Vic. Embarked 09 May 1917 Served in England and France Discharged as medically unfit 30 May 1921 Died 1926 Aged 31 years |
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GOULD, Ellen Julia
Matron
AANS Born 29 March 1860 at Blaina, Monmouth, Wales Daughter of Henry GOULD Of Devonshire, England Next of kin Mrs. B A HARLEY Served in Boer War Embarked 20 October 1914 per 'Euripides' Enlisted 05 February 1916 at Cairo, Egypt Aged 54 years Occupation prior to enlistment Nurse Served in France and England Returned to Australia 01 January 1919 per 'Marathon' Discharged as medically unfit 29 March 1920 Died 19 July 1941 at Neutral Bay, NSW Aged 81 years Sydney Norming Herald Saturday 15 January 1916 page 10 |
Awarded Royal Red Cross (1st Class)
Date of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 6 April 1916
Location in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: Page 860, position 35
Date of London Gazette: 14 January 1916
Location in London Gazette: Page 591, position 14
Date of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 6 April 1916
Location in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: Page 860, position 35
Date of London Gazette: 14 January 1916
Location in London Gazette: Page 591, position 14
www.awm.gov.au
A01156
Appointed lady superintendent of the New South Wales Army Nursing Service Reserve (NSWANSR), Nellie Gould left Australia on 17 January 1900 with thirteen nursing sisters to serve in the Boer War as part of the British Army. The nursing contingent returned to Australia in 1902.
On 27th September 1914 Nellie Gould enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force and served in Egypt, caring for Gallipoli casualties, followed by service in France and then England. She returned to Australia in January 1919 and was discharged on 3 March. She was unfit to take up nursing duties again and from 1920 she received a war service pension.
In 1916 Nellie Gould was awarded the Royal Red Cross Medal (1st class) for her war work.
http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE0397b.htm
A01156
Appointed lady superintendent of the New South Wales Army Nursing Service Reserve (NSWANSR), Nellie Gould left Australia on 17 January 1900 with thirteen nursing sisters to serve in the Boer War as part of the British Army. The nursing contingent returned to Australia in 1902.
On 27th September 1914 Nellie Gould enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force and served in Egypt, caring for Gallipoli casualties, followed by service in France and then England. She returned to Australia in January 1919 and was discharged on 3 March. She was unfit to take up nursing duties again and from 1920 she received a war service pension.
In 1916 Nellie Gould was awarded the Royal Red Cross Medal (1st class) for her war work.
http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE0397b.htm
Women In War.
Nurse Gould, formerly matron of the Sydney Hospital, who served with the nursing staff in South Africa, and is now superintendent of the Army Nursing Sisters, delivered an interesting lecture at the Girls High School, to members of the Australian League of Girl Aids, on Friday night. Nurse Gould, at the outset of her remarks, repeated the Japanese definition of woman, as "the guardian of a man's home, and his mother." It was the intense domestic devotion of the Japanese women, she said, which contributed very largely to the success of the nation against Russia. The lecturess, in course of her advice to her audience said that a woman's duty, if she proposed to help her mankind in war, was first to herself. She must first aim at being practically strong; for only the bodily strong were of any use in actual warfare. She counselled perseverance in practising all the rules in first aid and hygiene set down in the manuals week by week; and from personal experience gave illustrations of the paramount necessity of a woman, "in action" being "in form."
Clarence and Richmond Examiner Tuesday 8 March 1910 page 6
Nurse Gould, formerly matron of the Sydney Hospital, who served with the nursing staff in South Africa, and is now superintendent of the Army Nursing Sisters, delivered an interesting lecture at the Girls High School, to members of the Australian League of Girl Aids, on Friday night. Nurse Gould, at the outset of her remarks, repeated the Japanese definition of woman, as "the guardian of a man's home, and his mother." It was the intense domestic devotion of the Japanese women, she said, which contributed very largely to the success of the nation against Russia. The lecturess, in course of her advice to her audience said that a woman's duty, if she proposed to help her mankind in war, was first to herself. She must first aim at being practically strong; for only the bodily strong were of any use in actual warfare. She counselled perseverance in practising all the rules in first aid and hygiene set down in the manuals week by week; and from personal experience gave illustrations of the paramount necessity of a woman, "in action" being "in form."
Clarence and Richmond Examiner Tuesday 8 March 1910 page 6
OBITUARY
MISS E. J. GOULD
Miss Ellen Julia Gould whose death occurred recently, had an outstanding record in the nursing profession.
She was matron and superintendent of the training school, Sydney Hospital, from 1891 to 1898,
and matron of the Hospital fur the Insane, Rydalmere, from 1898 until 1900, when she enlisted
for service in the Boer War. Later she became woman superintendent of the New South Wales
Nursing Special Reserve, woman superintendent of the Australian Army Nursing Service New
South Wales, a member of the Matrons' Council of New South Wales, a nurse with the Public
Health Department, and a life member of the Australasian Trained Nurses' Association. She
also served during the Great War, her decorations including the R.R.C. (1st class), Anzac Star
(1914-18), Victory Medal (1914-19) and King's Jubilee Medal (1935).
The daughter of Mr and Mrs. Henry Gould, of Exeter, Devonshire, England. Miss Gould graduated
from Cambridge University, afterwards becoming English governess to the children at the British Embassy in Berlin. She spoke Portuguese, German, and French.
Sydney Morning Herald Wednesday 23 July 1941 page 7
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MISS E. J. GOULD
Miss Ellen Julia Gould whose death occurred recently, had an outstanding record in the nursing profession.
She was matron and superintendent of the training school, Sydney Hospital, from 1891 to 1898,
and matron of the Hospital fur the Insane, Rydalmere, from 1898 until 1900, when she enlisted
for service in the Boer War. Later she became woman superintendent of the New South Wales
Nursing Special Reserve, woman superintendent of the Australian Army Nursing Service New
South Wales, a member of the Matrons' Council of New South Wales, a nurse with the Public
Health Department, and a life member of the Australasian Trained Nurses' Association. She
also served during the Great War, her decorations including the R.R.C. (1st class), Anzac Star
(1914-18), Victory Medal (1914-19) and King's Jubilee Medal (1935).
The daughter of Mr and Mrs. Henry Gould, of Exeter, Devonshire, England. Miss Gould graduated
from Cambridge University, afterwards becoming English governess to the children at the British Embassy in Berlin. She spoke Portuguese, German, and French.
Sydney Morning Herald Wednesday 23 July 1941 page 7
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GRACE, Isabel Frances
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Staff Nurse
AANS Born 1884 at Dunkeld, Vic. Daughter of Michael GRACE and Catherine Mary nee FERRY Age 32 years Training Ararat Hospital Enlisted 31 May 1917 Embarked 12 June 1917 in Melbourne per “Mooltan” Service Salonika and England Returned to Australia 18 July 1919 per “Rugia” On Duty Appointment terminated 23 December 1919 Died not marry Died 17 October 1960 in Minyip, Vic. Resided South Yarra, Vic. |
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GRAF, Jessie Dorothea
Staff Nurse
AANS
Born 14 July 1891 in Brighton, Tas.
Daughter of Arthur William GRAF and Lucy Elizabeth nee LITTLE
Next of kin R MORKHAM
Sister to Mabel Elizabeth GRAF – AANS
Age 27 years
Training Hobart General Hospital
Enlisted 09 July 1918 Austins Ferry, Tas.
Embarked 09 November 1918 in Sydney per “Wiltshire”
Service in India
Returned to Australia 01 October 1919 per “Plassy” On Duty
Appointment Terminated 13 November 1919
Married Thomas Sheard DAVIS in 1920 at Long Ashton, Somerset, England
AANS
Born 14 July 1891 in Brighton, Tas.
Daughter of Arthur William GRAF and Lucy Elizabeth nee LITTLE
Next of kin R MORKHAM
Sister to Mabel Elizabeth GRAF – AANS
Age 27 years
Training Hobart General Hospital
Enlisted 09 July 1918 Austins Ferry, Tas.
Embarked 09 November 1918 in Sydney per “Wiltshire”
Service in India
Returned to Australia 01 October 1919 per “Plassy” On Duty
Appointment Terminated 13 November 1919
Married Thomas Sheard DAVIS in 1920 at Long Ashton, Somerset, England
GRAF, Mabel Elizabeth
Staff Nurse
AANS
Born 10 January 1889 Brighton, Tas.
Daughter of Arthur William GRAF and Lucy Elizabeth nee LITTLE
Next of kin R MORKHAM
Sister to Jessie Dorothea GRAF – AANS
Age 29 years
Training Alfred Hospital
Enlisted 09 July 1918 at Austin’s Ferry, Tas.
Embarked 09 November 1918 in Sydney per “Wiltshire”
Service in India
Returned to Australia 01 October 1919 per “Plassy” On Duty
Appointment Terminated 13 November 1919
AANS
Born 10 January 1889 Brighton, Tas.
Daughter of Arthur William GRAF and Lucy Elizabeth nee LITTLE
Next of kin R MORKHAM
Sister to Jessie Dorothea GRAF – AANS
Age 29 years
Training Alfred Hospital
Enlisted 09 July 1918 at Austin’s Ferry, Tas.
Embarked 09 November 1918 in Sydney per “Wiltshire”
Service in India
Returned to Australia 01 October 1919 per “Plassy” On Duty
Appointment Terminated 13 November 1919
GRAHAM, A C
Nurse
VAD
Returning to Australia per 'Northumberland'
Transhipped at Bombay ex 'Macedonia'
Embarked England 01 November 1919
VAD
Returning to Australia per 'Northumberland'
Transhipped at Bombay ex 'Macedonia'
Embarked England 01 November 1919
GRAHAM, Catherine Douglas
Sister
AANS
No5 AGH and No 2 AGH
Born 1887 at St. James, Vic
Daughter of Mr. James Steele GRAHAM and Elizabeth Ann nee FORSYTH
Of Mirboo, Nth Gippesland
Daughter of Mrs. GRAHAM of Footsgray, Vic
Address Mirboo, Nth Gippesland
Age 29 years
Enlisted 04 August 1915
Duty at No5 AGH from 04 August 1915 to 05 December 1916
Embarked 05 December 1916 at Melbourne per “Orsova”
Service on the field in France
Promoted to Sister 31 December 1918
Returned to Australia per “Karmala” 01 July 1919
Appointment Terminated 26 January 1920
Married John Campbell DAVIES in 1920
Repatriation contact 03 February 1959\
Died 12 June 1968 at Garoopna Hospital
Resided Kew, Vic.
AANS
No5 AGH and No 2 AGH
Born 1887 at St. James, Vic
Daughter of Mr. James Steele GRAHAM and Elizabeth Ann nee FORSYTH
Of Mirboo, Nth Gippesland
Daughter of Mrs. GRAHAM of Footsgray, Vic
Address Mirboo, Nth Gippesland
Age 29 years
Enlisted 04 August 1915
Duty at No5 AGH from 04 August 1915 to 05 December 1916
Embarked 05 December 1916 at Melbourne per “Orsova”
Service on the field in France
Promoted to Sister 31 December 1918
Returned to Australia per “Karmala” 01 July 1919
Appointment Terminated 26 January 1920
Married John Campbell DAVIES in 1920
Repatriation contact 03 February 1959\
Died 12 June 1968 at Garoopna Hospital
Resided Kew, Vic.
GRAHAM, Elizabeth Margaret Josephine
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Nurse/Sister
AANS Born 28 January 1869 at Clare, SA Daughter of Robert and Anna Maria nee McHALTY Sister to Helena GRAHAM Address Swaine Ave., Rose Park, SA Age 37 years Enlisted 12 June 1915 Embarked 15 June 1915 at Melbourne per “Wandilla” Service in Egypt, France and England Promoted to Sister 21 May 1918 Contracted Scarlet Fever in 1916 and Influenza 1919 Returned to Australia 02 February 1920 per “Matram” Appointment Terminated 05 May 1920 Did not marry Died 30 May 1956 at Calvary Hospital Nth Adelaide Aged 87 years Cause of death Myocarditis (2 weeks), Intestinal Obstruction (5 weeks) and Diverticulitis (8 weeks) Resided 49 Ormond Grove, Toorak Gardens, SA Buried on 01 June 1956 at Centennial Park Cemetery - site expired |
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GRAHAM, Elsie May
Nurse
Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service
Born 1881 in Lismore, NSW
Daughter of Robinson GRAHAM and Mary Eleanor nee TIPPER
Embarked 06 April 1915 per 'Malwa'
Returned to Australia
Married John F HALLINAN in 1924
Died 12 April 1945 at Scott Memorial Hospital, Scone, NSW
Late of Richmond River, NSW
Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service
Born 1881 in Lismore, NSW
Daughter of Robinson GRAHAM and Mary Eleanor nee TIPPER
Embarked 06 April 1915 per 'Malwa'
Returned to Australia
Married John F HALLINAN in 1924
Died 12 April 1945 at Scott Memorial Hospital, Scone, NSW
Late of Richmond River, NSW
GRAHAM, Florence
Staff Nurse
AANS
Born 1885 in Maryborough, Qld.
Daughter of James GRAHAM and Agnes nee HORSBURGH
Sister of Mary Isabell Forbes GRAHAM
Age 30 years
Enlisted 12 June 1915 at Ismalia, Egypt
Embarked 12 June 1915
Service in Egypt and England and extensive service on the field in France
Promoted to Sister 01 October 1918
Contracted Influenza in February 1916 and 1919
Returned to Australia 28 February 1919 per “Anchises” On Duty
Appointment terminated 19 June 1919
Repatriation contact December 1958
Did not marry
Died 1975 in Qld.
AANS
Born 1885 in Maryborough, Qld.
Daughter of James GRAHAM and Agnes nee HORSBURGH
Sister of Mary Isabell Forbes GRAHAM
Age 30 years
Enlisted 12 June 1915 at Ismalia, Egypt
Embarked 12 June 1915
Service in Egypt and England and extensive service on the field in France
Promoted to Sister 01 October 1918
Contracted Influenza in February 1916 and 1919
Returned to Australia 28 February 1919 per “Anchises” On Duty
Appointment terminated 19 June 1919
Repatriation contact December 1958
Did not marry
Died 1975 in Qld.
Mentioned in despatches
Date of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 23 May 1919
Location in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: Page 879, position 21
Date of London Gazette: 31 December 1918
Location in London Gazette: Page 15230, position 22
Mentioned in Sir Douglas Haig’s Despatches 08 November 1918
Date of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 23 May 1919
Location in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: Page 879, position 21
Date of London Gazette: 31 December 1918
Location in London Gazette: Page 15230, position 22
Mentioned in Sir Douglas Haig’s Despatches 08 November 1918
GRAHAM, Florence Jean
Staff Nurse
AANS
Born Seymour, Vic.
Daughter of Charles James GRAHAM and Fanny nee BUNN
Age 26 years
Training Geelong Hospital
Enlisted 18 June 1917 in Melbourne, Vic.
Embarked 30 June 1917 in Melbourne per “Somali”
Service in India
Invalided to Australia (Appendicitis) 25 December 1918 per “Nestor”
Appointment Terminated 05 May 1919
Married Dr. Ebenezer Alexander SANBROOK in 1923
Died 20 March 1965 at Milson's Passage, NSW
Aged 73 years
AANS
Born Seymour, Vic.
Daughter of Charles James GRAHAM and Fanny nee BUNN
Age 26 years
Training Geelong Hospital
Enlisted 18 June 1917 in Melbourne, Vic.
Embarked 30 June 1917 in Melbourne per “Somali”
Service in India
Invalided to Australia (Appendicitis) 25 December 1918 per “Nestor”
Appointment Terminated 05 May 1919
Married Dr. Ebenezer Alexander SANBROOK in 1923
Died 20 March 1965 at Milson's Passage, NSW
Aged 73 years
GRAHAM, Ida May
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Sister
AANS Born 1883 in Campbell Town, NSW Daughter to George Henry GRAHAM and Lydia nee LUSTED Of Manly, NSW Age 33 years Enlisted 27 August 1917 Embarked 16 November 1917 in Sydney per “Canberra” Promoted to Sister 21 May 1918 Service in Egypt Returned to Australia 21 May 1919 per “Hungaria” on Duty Appointment terminated 20 August 1919 Married Clarence Stewart MOORE in 1920 Died 29 November 1924 in Garthowen Private Hosptial, Inverell NSW following the birth of her second child. Buried Inverell Cemetery Read more here and photograph Headstone Photograph courtesy of Frank Robinson |
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GRAHAM, Margaret
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Matron
AANS 2nd Australian General Hospital Born Carlisle, England Next of kin Elizabeth BELL (cousin) Of Burnfoot House, Wigton, England Resided Royal British college of Nurses, Kent Town, Adelaide, SA Enlisted 21 November 1914 Adelaide, SA Aged 54 years 'The undermentioned lady is awarded the decoration of the Royal Red Cross in recognition of her valuable services with the Armies in the Field.' 29 June 1917 Mentioned in despatches Returned to Australia 15 April 1918 per 'A74' for Age and Aenaemia. Discharged as medically unfit 28 August 1918 Died 04 July 1942 in Carlisle, England One of the senior nurses who have been decorated with the Royal Red Cross is Matron M. Graham, of the Adelaide Hospital staff, who is at present on military service abroad. Matron Graham has had a nursing career of more than 20 years. She held the post of matron at the Adelaide Hospital prior to the beginning of the ward, and when the conflict broke out she was principal matron of the 4th Military District. Towards the end of 1914 she left with the first contingent of nurses. |
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Awarded Royal Red Cross (1st Class)
Date of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 29 June 1917
Location in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: Page 1390, position 81
Date of London Gazette: 1 January 1917
Location in London Gazette: Page 47, position 2
Date of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 29 June 1917
Location in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: Page 1390, position 81
Date of London Gazette: 1 January 1917
Location in London Gazette: Page 47, position 2
Chat with Sister Graham
After more than two years' strenuous service in Egypt, Miss M. Graham (principal matron in South Australia), who was recently awarded the Royal Red Cross, returned to Adelaide on Saturday.
During her stay in Egypt Miss Graham was never absent from duty on account of indisposition.
She believes there are only two other nurses who can claim that record - Miss Conyers
(Matron in Chief), of Melbourne, and Miss Ethel Davidson of South Australia, both of whom
are at present in London. Chatting with a representative of the Register on Saturday, at the
Army Nurses Home, Miss Graham said she left South Australia on October 20 1914, with the
First Division, and landed in Egypt in December. She began duty at Mena House, where she
tended the Australian soldiers. She subsequently went to Heliopolis, where she had charge
of Luna Park Auxillary Hospital. She remained there from April 1915 until July last, when that
institution was closed, and the patients were sent to various hospitals. Luna Park was formerly
a skating rink and pleasure garden, and although not perfect, it was as good as it could have
been in the circumstances. In it were frequently 1,000 patients and 1,000 beds were always
ready for inmates. When the Infantry was sent to France, and the Light Horse went over
the Canal, things eased off. Miss Graham was then transferred to the Chanbra (British)
Hospital as matron in charge. There were 472 beds there for accommodating typhoid and
infectious diseases.
'How many Australian nurses werethere in Egypt?' Miss Graham was asked.
''About 900,' was the reply. 'There was nothing to beat their work. They were excellent. They had a great reputation, and have made just as good a name as the men have. Thev were always full of enthusiasm, and if there was anything to do they could do it.'' Did you meet many of the nurses you had trained in South Australia?'' Yes. I met all that came my way. We all had dinner at Shephard's Hotel one night, and we always made a point of meeting one another whenever we could.' Asked now the men bore their wounds upon their return from Gallipoli, Sister Graham said they were wonderfully heroic—most cheerful fellows. They were excellent patients. After the landing every hospital in Egypt was full, and they expected a repetition of events when the evacuation was mooted. Every preparation for the men's reception in Egypt was made. Instead of that, they had only one casualty. The soldiers always said they liked the Turk much better than they did the German. With regard to the men's wounds, they were often different from those received in France on account of the close fighting. Some of the sniping eases were terrible. Miss Graham said she valued her experience. It had taught her how to cope with great numbers of people. She had a happy time at Choubra. It was formerly an Austrian hospital, she explained, and pointed out that she thought it was also a fort, as provision had been made for the manning of heavy guns. Not only that, the Austrians, or Germans, had built it in ai position where it commanded a complete view of the railway and the main road. So much for German pre-war preparations. Miss Graham could not say what her future movements would be. She is now enjoying 14 days' furlough, after which she will resume duty. 'I want to go to England,' she said finally, "but, of course, it is not a question of 'what we want— it is what we have to do.'
The Register Monday 26 February 1917 page 8
After more than two years' strenuous service in Egypt, Miss M. Graham (principal matron in South Australia), who was recently awarded the Royal Red Cross, returned to Adelaide on Saturday.
During her stay in Egypt Miss Graham was never absent from duty on account of indisposition.
She believes there are only two other nurses who can claim that record - Miss Conyers
(Matron in Chief), of Melbourne, and Miss Ethel Davidson of South Australia, both of whom
are at present in London. Chatting with a representative of the Register on Saturday, at the
Army Nurses Home, Miss Graham said she left South Australia on October 20 1914, with the
First Division, and landed in Egypt in December. She began duty at Mena House, where she
tended the Australian soldiers. She subsequently went to Heliopolis, where she had charge
of Luna Park Auxillary Hospital. She remained there from April 1915 until July last, when that
institution was closed, and the patients were sent to various hospitals. Luna Park was formerly
a skating rink and pleasure garden, and although not perfect, it was as good as it could have
been in the circumstances. In it were frequently 1,000 patients and 1,000 beds were always
ready for inmates. When the Infantry was sent to France, and the Light Horse went over
the Canal, things eased off. Miss Graham was then transferred to the Chanbra (British)
Hospital as matron in charge. There were 472 beds there for accommodating typhoid and
infectious diseases.
'How many Australian nurses werethere in Egypt?' Miss Graham was asked.
''About 900,' was the reply. 'There was nothing to beat their work. They were excellent. They had a great reputation, and have made just as good a name as the men have. Thev were always full of enthusiasm, and if there was anything to do they could do it.'' Did you meet many of the nurses you had trained in South Australia?'' Yes. I met all that came my way. We all had dinner at Shephard's Hotel one night, and we always made a point of meeting one another whenever we could.' Asked now the men bore their wounds upon their return from Gallipoli, Sister Graham said they were wonderfully heroic—most cheerful fellows. They were excellent patients. After the landing every hospital in Egypt was full, and they expected a repetition of events when the evacuation was mooted. Every preparation for the men's reception in Egypt was made. Instead of that, they had only one casualty. The soldiers always said they liked the Turk much better than they did the German. With regard to the men's wounds, they were often different from those received in France on account of the close fighting. Some of the sniping eases were terrible. Miss Graham said she valued her experience. It had taught her how to cope with great numbers of people. She had a happy time at Choubra. It was formerly an Austrian hospital, she explained, and pointed out that she thought it was also a fort, as provision had been made for the manning of heavy guns. Not only that, the Austrians, or Germans, had built it in ai position where it commanded a complete view of the railway and the main road. So much for German pre-war preparations. Miss Graham could not say what her future movements would be. She is now enjoying 14 days' furlough, after which she will resume duty. 'I want to go to England,' she said finally, "but, of course, it is not a question of 'what we want— it is what we have to do.'
The Register Monday 26 February 1917 page 8
Margaret Graham (1860-1942), nursing sister and army matron, was born on 15 February 1860 at Carlisle, Cumberland, England, daughter of John Graham, journeyman house-painter, and his wife Margaret, née Farrer. Nothing is known of her early life or of the circumstances which brought her to Australia. She entered the (Royal) Adelaide Hospital as a probationer on 2 April 1891, was recommended for promotion to charge nurse on 22 October 1894 and acted in this position until 15 February 1895 when her promotion was cancelled for alleged insubordination; she was later dismissed.
On 5 January Nurse Graham had signed a letter sent by five other charge nurses to Premier C. C. Kingston, requesting an independent inquiry into 'unjust treatment' of Charge Nurse Louise Hawkins by the hospital board. Nurse Hawkins had protested against the promotion, over better-qualified and more efficient nurses, of Nurse A. H. Gordon, sister of the colony's chief secretary,(Sir) J. H. Gordon. The board considered the letter 'disrespectful' and urged the nurses to withdraw their statements. The other five did so, but although she had had nothing to gain personally by signing the letter Margaret Graham 'refused to retract', insisting that an injustice had been done to fourteen senior nurses. She remained intransigent and was dismissed on 4 March. The chief secretary and the hospital's medical superintendent then offered her positions in other hospitals which she denounced publicly as 'bribes for silence'. She attacked the chief secretary in a public letter dated 6 March imputing improper motives to the hospital board, the medical superintendent and the matron, and calling for an independent inquiry. A long and bitter public controversy followed which resulted in a royal commission into the management of the Adelaide Hospital. In evidence before the commission in March Graham described Nurse Gordon's appointment as 'a glaring piece of favoritism', asked why no members of the hospital board had spoken out against the 'tomfoolery' surrounding her own dismissal, and attacked the premier for his 'meally-mouthed utterances' during the dispute. The commission's progress report, issued in April, recommended her reinstatement. The government accepted this recommendation, whereupon the medical superintendent and the matron resigned. The reinstatement also contributed to the resignation of the entire honorary medical staff, the dismissal of the hospital board and the disruption of all clinical teaching at the hospital. J. H. Gordon resigned his office at the same time.
Margaret Graham was appointed charge nurse by the government in March 1896 and, because of her competence, dedication and high principles, quickly lived down her reputation as a rebel. On 1 January 1898 she was promoted matron, a position which she held with distinction until 1920. She was an excellent nurse and trainer of nurses but an indifferent administrator and left most of her book-work to her superintendent of night nurses. She was a foundation member of the South Australian Branch of the Royal British Nurses' Association and was its elected lady consul in 1900-20; she was also active in the Australasian Trained Nurses' Association.
In 1904 she had become the first lady superintendent in the State of the Australian Army Nursing Service and in August 1914 enlisted in the A.A.N.S., Australian Imperial Force, as a matron. One of the first three nurses to leave Australia on active service, she embarked at Melbourne in December and served in Egypt in 1915-16 at the 1st Australian General Hospital, Heliopolis, and at Ghezireh and Choubra. She also worked on hospital ships carrying wounded from Gallipoli. She was mentioned in dispatches in October 1916 and awarded the Royal Red Cross, 1st class, in December. In January 1917 she left Suez for Australia on transport duty on a troopship, re-embarked in May, and in July was attached to the 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital at Dartford, England. She served there until January 1918 when she was posted to the medical offices at A.I.F. Headquarters, London. She was discharged, medically unfit, from the A.I.F. on 28 August. She returned to the Adelaide Hospital as matron but after May 1919 was transferred temporarily to the Exhibition Building, Adelaide, to superintend the nursing of pneumonic influenza cases. She resigned her matronship in December 1920 and left Australia early next year to settle in England.
Margaret Graham was a spirited, forthright, highly intelligent woman with a ready wit and strong leadership qualities. During her matronship nearly 3000 nurses came under her care and she won the 'esteem and affections' of most of them. On her resignation the Australasian Nurses' Journal praised her 'breadth of mind and unfailing justice'. She died, unmarried, at Carlisle, England, on 4 July 1942.
by Merrilyn Lincoln
This article was published in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 9, (MUP), 1983
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On 5 January Nurse Graham had signed a letter sent by five other charge nurses to Premier C. C. Kingston, requesting an independent inquiry into 'unjust treatment' of Charge Nurse Louise Hawkins by the hospital board. Nurse Hawkins had protested against the promotion, over better-qualified and more efficient nurses, of Nurse A. H. Gordon, sister of the colony's chief secretary,(Sir) J. H. Gordon. The board considered the letter 'disrespectful' and urged the nurses to withdraw their statements. The other five did so, but although she had had nothing to gain personally by signing the letter Margaret Graham 'refused to retract', insisting that an injustice had been done to fourteen senior nurses. She remained intransigent and was dismissed on 4 March. The chief secretary and the hospital's medical superintendent then offered her positions in other hospitals which she denounced publicly as 'bribes for silence'. She attacked the chief secretary in a public letter dated 6 March imputing improper motives to the hospital board, the medical superintendent and the matron, and calling for an independent inquiry. A long and bitter public controversy followed which resulted in a royal commission into the management of the Adelaide Hospital. In evidence before the commission in March Graham described Nurse Gordon's appointment as 'a glaring piece of favoritism', asked why no members of the hospital board had spoken out against the 'tomfoolery' surrounding her own dismissal, and attacked the premier for his 'meally-mouthed utterances' during the dispute. The commission's progress report, issued in April, recommended her reinstatement. The government accepted this recommendation, whereupon the medical superintendent and the matron resigned. The reinstatement also contributed to the resignation of the entire honorary medical staff, the dismissal of the hospital board and the disruption of all clinical teaching at the hospital. J. H. Gordon resigned his office at the same time.
Margaret Graham was appointed charge nurse by the government in March 1896 and, because of her competence, dedication and high principles, quickly lived down her reputation as a rebel. On 1 January 1898 she was promoted matron, a position which she held with distinction until 1920. She was an excellent nurse and trainer of nurses but an indifferent administrator and left most of her book-work to her superintendent of night nurses. She was a foundation member of the South Australian Branch of the Royal British Nurses' Association and was its elected lady consul in 1900-20; she was also active in the Australasian Trained Nurses' Association.
In 1904 she had become the first lady superintendent in the State of the Australian Army Nursing Service and in August 1914 enlisted in the A.A.N.S., Australian Imperial Force, as a matron. One of the first three nurses to leave Australia on active service, she embarked at Melbourne in December and served in Egypt in 1915-16 at the 1st Australian General Hospital, Heliopolis, and at Ghezireh and Choubra. She also worked on hospital ships carrying wounded from Gallipoli. She was mentioned in dispatches in October 1916 and awarded the Royal Red Cross, 1st class, in December. In January 1917 she left Suez for Australia on transport duty on a troopship, re-embarked in May, and in July was attached to the 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital at Dartford, England. She served there until January 1918 when she was posted to the medical offices at A.I.F. Headquarters, London. She was discharged, medically unfit, from the A.I.F. on 28 August. She returned to the Adelaide Hospital as matron but after May 1919 was transferred temporarily to the Exhibition Building, Adelaide, to superintend the nursing of pneumonic influenza cases. She resigned her matronship in December 1920 and left Australia early next year to settle in England.
Margaret Graham was a spirited, forthright, highly intelligent woman with a ready wit and strong leadership qualities. During her matronship nearly 3000 nurses came under her care and she won the 'esteem and affections' of most of them. On her resignation the Australasian Nurses' Journal praised her 'breadth of mind and unfailing justice'. She died, unmarried, at Carlisle, England, on 4 July 1942.
by Merrilyn Lincoln
This article was published in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 9, (MUP), 1983
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GRAHAM, Susan May
Staff Nurse
AANS
Born 1887 at Toowoomba, Qld.
Daughter of Richard Moffatt GRAHAM and Johanna nee PURCELL
Age 29 years
Enlisted 08 April 1916
Embarked 02 May 1917 in Sydney per “Kanowna”
Service in Salonika and briefly England
Contracted Influenza September 1818
Returned to Australia 28 March 1919 per “Karoa”
Appointment terminated 16 July 1919
AANS
Born 1887 at Toowoomba, Qld.
Daughter of Richard Moffatt GRAHAM and Johanna nee PURCELL
Age 29 years
Enlisted 08 April 1916
Embarked 02 May 1917 in Sydney per “Kanowna”
Service in Salonika and briefly England
Contracted Influenza September 1818
Returned to Australia 28 March 1919 per “Karoa”
Appointment terminated 16 July 1919
GRANEY, Minnie
Staff Nurse
AANS
Born Emmaville, NSW
Daughter of Ernest Frederick and Laura Louise GRANEY
Age 32 years
Enlisted 07 July 1917
Embarked 31 October 1917 in Sydney per “Euripides”
Service in England and ships “Osterley” and “Corinthian”
Returned to Australia 24 January 1919 per “Delta”
Requested discharge as she had joined the Red Cross at Garrison Hospital
Appointment terminated 14 April 1919
Sister in the Prince of Wales Repatriation Hospital by 1934
Did not marry
Died 30 January 1977 in NSW
AANS
Born Emmaville, NSW
Daughter of Ernest Frederick and Laura Louise GRANEY
Age 32 years
Enlisted 07 July 1917
Embarked 31 October 1917 in Sydney per “Euripides”
Service in England and ships “Osterley” and “Corinthian”
Returned to Australia 24 January 1919 per “Delta”
Requested discharge as she had joined the Red Cross at Garrison Hospital
Appointment terminated 14 April 1919
Sister in the Prince of Wales Repatriation Hospital by 1934
Did not marry
Died 30 January 1977 in NSW
GRANT, Ada Maud
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Staff Nurse
AANS Born 28 July 1884 in Oatlands, Tas. Daughter of James Edwin GRANT and Mary Elizabeth nee HAYES Age 32 years Training Inglewood Hospital Enlisted 24 April 1917 at Sydney, NSW Embarked 09 May 1917 in Sydney per “Ulysses” Service in England Returned to Australia 04 January 1919 per “Morvada” On Duty Appointment terminated 20 August 1919 Did not marry Died 17 April 1969 in Kew, Vic. Resided Kew, Vic. |
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GRANT, Elsie Rose
Staff Nurse
AANS 1st Australian General Hospital Born Clermont, Queensland Daughter of David and Ellen GRANT Of Manly, Brisbane, Qld. Occupation prior to enlistment Trained Nurse Enlisted 25 March 1916 at Heliopolis, Egypt Aged 25 years Embarked 21 August 1915 Served in Egypt, England and France Returned to Australia 24 May 1918 per 'Kanowna' Appointment terminated 12 August 1918 Married C HOCH Died 1927 near homestead Wyalla Station, Springsure. Queenslanders who fought in the Great War |
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FOUND DEAD IN CAR.
The dead body of Mrs. Hoch, wife of Mr. C. Hoch owner of Wyalla station, Springsure, was found in
a car near the homestead. She leaves a husband and four children, aged seven years, six years,
three years, and six months. The body was sent by train to Clermont for interment.
The late Mrs Hoch was 38 years of age. She was well known as a nurse in the Central district, and
before her marriage was matron of several hospitals, including Emerald. She served at the war.
Western Star and Roma Advertiser Saturday 01 October 1927 page 5
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P04484.002
FOUND DEAD IN CAR.
The dead body of Mrs. Hoch, wife of Mr. C. Hoch owner of Wyalla station, Springsure, was found in
a car near the homestead. She leaves a husband and four children, aged seven years, six years,
three years, and six months. The body was sent by train to Clermont for interment.
The late Mrs Hoch was 38 years of age. She was well known as a nurse in the Central district, and
before her marriage was matron of several hospitals, including Emerald. She served at the war.
Western Star and Roma Advertiser Saturday 01 October 1927 page 5
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GRANT, Irene Margaret
Staff Nurse
AANS
Born 14 February 1888 at South Shields, Durham, England
Daughter of William and Mary GRANT
Address “Redford” 18 Lyons Rd., Drummoyne, Vic
Age 29 years
Enlisted 07 June 1916
Embarked 16 October 1918 per “Malta” at Sydney
Service in India
Dangerously ill with Enteric Fever (Typhoid) 23 September 1919 – 01 December 1919
Returned to Australia per “Medic” 01 December 1919
Appointment Terminated 29 May 1920
Married Thomas Plimsoll ALLSOPP in Drummoyne, NSW 1920
Repatriation contact 08 January 1968
AANS
Born 14 February 1888 at South Shields, Durham, England
Daughter of William and Mary GRANT
Address “Redford” 18 Lyons Rd., Drummoyne, Vic
Age 29 years
Enlisted 07 June 1916
Embarked 16 October 1918 per “Malta” at Sydney
Service in India
Dangerously ill with Enteric Fever (Typhoid) 23 September 1919 – 01 December 1919
Returned to Australia per “Medic” 01 December 1919
Appointment Terminated 29 May 1920
Married Thomas Plimsoll ALLSOPP in Drummoyne, NSW 1920
Repatriation contact 08 January 1968
GRANT, Lydia William Falconar
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Nurse
VAD Born Falcon Hall Morningside, Edinburgh Daughter of Peter G (Cairns Magistrate) and Emily GRANT Of Brisbane, Qld. Living in Brisbane when she decided to join the Voluntary Aid Detachment. Died 01 April 1917 of measles turned Septic Arthritis at Ducie Avenue Military Hospital Manchester. Aged 37 years Buried Southern Cemetery, Manchester Commemorated Cairns WWI Cenotaph Courtesy of Marjorie Earl |
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THE LATE MISS LYDIA GRANT, V.A.D.
A few months ago we announced (says the "Red Cross" Journal") the departure from Australia of Miss
Lydia Grant, V.A.D., and others, with high hopes, of serving her country in any work to which she might be called, in the relief of suffering caused by the war. Today it is our sad task to record her death from illness incurred in the path of duty. Concerning Miss Grant, we have a few notes from Mrs. Darvall, in which she says:-"Hers was a fine personality and character, and every-one who came in contact with her felt better for doing so. I am sure no girl went forth with a higher sense of duty than she did, and she has given her life for her country, just as much as any soldier has done."
Lydia William Falconer Grant, eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs. P. G. Grant, was born in Falcon Hall, Edinburgh, the home of her father's family. Her parents came with her to Australia when she was quite a small baby, and the greater part of all her too brief life has been lived in Queensland. Miss Grant was educated at the Ladies' Methodist College, Melbourne, and was living with her parents and her sister, Miss Nancy Grant, in Brisbane, at the time the call came to her for service abroad with the Voluntary Aid Detachment.
Miss Grant left Queensland in September 1916, for England. On arrival in London, she found that the
Queensland girls were already allotted to a military hospital in Manchester. After spending four days in London getting uniform, equipment, and sight-seeing, she went on to the scene of her labours, where she remained at work until her fatal illness overtook her. Accounts already received show that the cold had been very intense, and she felt it much, hough always very happy, and keenly interested in her work. Her letters showed also that she had met with great kindness from those with whom she came in contact, and found both in sisters and nurses engaged in the same hospital much congenial comradeship.
The first cable message reporting Miss Grant's serious illness from measles was received by her parents on 15th March. A fortnight later came news that she was improving; but at the end of the month another message came, showing that her condition was very bad, and she died on 1st April. Both her brothers, Captain John Grant, M.C., and Private Chestbrough Grant, who are on active service, were sent for, and were with her for some time; but it is thought that after the season of improvement, Captain Grant returned to France, whilst the younger brother remained until the end.
A wide circle of friends sympathise with Mr. and Mrs. Grant and their family in the sad loss they have sustained, and Queensland is the poorer for yet another young and promising life, cut off in its early morning.
An urgent telegram was received by Lady Goold-Adams from Her Excellency Lady Helen Munro-Ferguson, as follows:-"So grieved to hear of death of Miss Grant, V.A.D., in England; please convey message of sympathy from me to her family."
Cairns Post Wednesday 16 May 1917 page 7
A few months ago we announced (says the "Red Cross" Journal") the departure from Australia of Miss
Lydia Grant, V.A.D., and others, with high hopes, of serving her country in any work to which she might be called, in the relief of suffering caused by the war. Today it is our sad task to record her death from illness incurred in the path of duty. Concerning Miss Grant, we have a few notes from Mrs. Darvall, in which she says:-"Hers was a fine personality and character, and every-one who came in contact with her felt better for doing so. I am sure no girl went forth with a higher sense of duty than she did, and she has given her life for her country, just as much as any soldier has done."
Lydia William Falconer Grant, eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs. P. G. Grant, was born in Falcon Hall, Edinburgh, the home of her father's family. Her parents came with her to Australia when she was quite a small baby, and the greater part of all her too brief life has been lived in Queensland. Miss Grant was educated at the Ladies' Methodist College, Melbourne, and was living with her parents and her sister, Miss Nancy Grant, in Brisbane, at the time the call came to her for service abroad with the Voluntary Aid Detachment.
Miss Grant left Queensland in September 1916, for England. On arrival in London, she found that the
Queensland girls were already allotted to a military hospital in Manchester. After spending four days in London getting uniform, equipment, and sight-seeing, she went on to the scene of her labours, where she remained at work until her fatal illness overtook her. Accounts already received show that the cold had been very intense, and she felt it much, hough always very happy, and keenly interested in her work. Her letters showed also that she had met with great kindness from those with whom she came in contact, and found both in sisters and nurses engaged in the same hospital much congenial comradeship.
The first cable message reporting Miss Grant's serious illness from measles was received by her parents on 15th March. A fortnight later came news that she was improving; but at the end of the month another message came, showing that her condition was very bad, and she died on 1st April. Both her brothers, Captain John Grant, M.C., and Private Chestbrough Grant, who are on active service, were sent for, and were with her for some time; but it is thought that after the season of improvement, Captain Grant returned to France, whilst the younger brother remained until the end.
A wide circle of friends sympathise with Mr. and Mrs. Grant and their family in the sad loss they have sustained, and Queensland is the poorer for yet another young and promising life, cut off in its early morning.
An urgent telegram was received by Lady Goold-Adams from Her Excellency Lady Helen Munro-Ferguson, as follows:-"So grieved to hear of death of Miss Grant, V.A.D., in England; please convey message of sympathy from me to her family."
Cairns Post Wednesday 16 May 1917 page 7
GRANT, Marjory
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GRANT, Mary Jane
Sister
AANS
Born 1884 in Casterton, Vic.
Daughter of George GRANT and Mary Jane nee DAVIS
Age 31 years
Enlisted 26 July 1915
Embarked 20 August 1915 per “Shropshire”
Service Egypt, Marseilles, England on the field in France
Contracted severe pleurodynia in Egypt March 1917
Promoted to Sister 01 October 1918
Returned to Australia 11 January 1919 per “Osterley”
Appointment terminated 22 April 1916
Did not marry
Died 05 September 1968 in Vic.
Resided Blackburn, vIC.
AANS
Born 1884 in Casterton, Vic.
Daughter of George GRANT and Mary Jane nee DAVIS
Age 31 years
Enlisted 26 July 1915
Embarked 20 August 1915 per “Shropshire”
Service Egypt, Marseilles, England on the field in France
Contracted severe pleurodynia in Egypt March 1917
Promoted to Sister 01 October 1918
Returned to Australia 11 January 1919 per “Osterley”
Appointment terminated 22 April 1916
Did not marry
Died 05 September 1968 in Vic.
Resided Blackburn, vIC.
GRASBY, Katherine (Kate/Kitty)
Nurse
AANS AMF
Born c1881 in Hobart, Tas.
Father Unknown HAMILTON, Mother Catherine Lillias/Lillis
Stepfather William GRASBY
Home Service only
Daughter of W GRASBY
Of East Devonport, Tas.
Married Stanley Beresford CHARLESTON 01 May 1920 at Holy Trinity Church, Ulverstone, Tas.
Died 04 April 1971 in Tasmania.
Miss Kate Grasby, one of the teachers at St Paul's Sunday school, was the recipient of a presentation from the scholars the other day. It was made by Mrs de Coetlogon, and took the form of a nicely-bound prayer book and purse, and was called forth by the fact that Miss Grasby is leaving East Devonport to-day for Litrobe, having been accepted as a probationer in the Devon Hospital.
Western Advocate and the Emy Bay Times Wednesday 25 July 1906 page 2
The many friends of Nurse Kate Grasby, of East Devonport, will be glad to hear she has arrived safely at Cloncurry (Queensland) to take up duties in the Selwyn Hospital.
Western Advocate and the Emu Bay Times Saturday 13 May 1911 page 5
Nurse Kate Grasby, the younger daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. Grasby, of East Devonport, is now on a holiday visit to the Wilmot district. The nurse recently returned from a term in New Guinea for a much required rest after such a debilitating climate and hopes that the mountain air will complete her restoration to health so as to enable her to offer herself as a nurse to proceed to the front with our brave soldiers.
Western Advocate and the Emu Bay Times Friday 28 January 1916 page 3
WEDDING BELLS
CHARLESTON--GRASBY.
A quiet but pretty wedding was celebrated at the Holy Trinity Church, Ulverstone, on Saturday, when Sister Kitty Grasby, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. Grasby, of East Devonport, was united in the holy bonds of matrimony to Stanley Beresford Charleston, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Charleston, of "Highfield," Ulverstone.
The bride who was given away by her father, was daintily attired, in a frock of ivory chiria silk, trimmed with silk stitching, and tiny pearls; she also wore the usual veil and orange blossom, and carried a handsome bouquet of white chrysanthemums, Easter daisies, and asparagus fern, tied with white satin ribbon. Miss Theresa Charleston, sister of the bridegroom,attended as bridesmaid, and wore a pretty dress of pale pink crepe dechene, and carried a bouquet of white asters and asparagus fern, tied with white satin ribbon. Mr. J. A. Robertson, a friend of the bridegroom, neted in the capacity of groomsman. The bridegroom's gift to the bride was an old spray brooch, set with pearls; and to the bridesmaid a gold circle brooch set with pearl and white sapphires. The bride's gift to the bridegroom was a handsome travelling rug.
After the ceremony the bridal party were entertained at a wedding breakfast at tho residence of the bridegroom's parents, after which the happy couple left by motor for Burnie, enroute to Melbourne, where the honeymoon is to be spent.
Tho bride travelled in' a navy tailored costume, with grey and sase hatand black tibet fur. They were the recipients of many costly and useful presents, including numerous cheques,and a handsome silver tea service on an oak and silver tray, from the male staff, officers, Y.A.D.'s and sisters of wards one and three of Hornsey Military Hospital, Launceston ; and a costly English china salad bowl, with a silver spoon and fork from "The Dietgers" of -Ward No. 2, Hornsey Military Hospital.
The future home of Mr. and Mrs. Charleston will be at "Hillwood," Wilmot.
Advocate Thursday 06 May 1920 page 4
“At the outbreak of the Great War in 1914 – a number of the nurses volunteered for active service for the Empire. The name of those who volunteered are Edith TWELVETREES, Zulu LADE, Rhoda McKENDRICK, Grace TREBILCO, Margaret McKENDRICK, Linda WATSON, Kathleen TURVEY, Laura WHITFIELD, Evelyn SALE, Rose HEATHORN, Kate GRASBY, Nellie GILL.
Their names are shown on the Roll of Honour hanging in the waiting-room of the hospital at the present time.”
Trove – Advocate (Tas) Fri 12 September 1930 page 4
Part of article re History of Devon Hospital, Tasmania
AANS AMF
Born c1881 in Hobart, Tas.
Father Unknown HAMILTON, Mother Catherine Lillias/Lillis
Stepfather William GRASBY
Home Service only
Daughter of W GRASBY
Of East Devonport, Tas.
Married Stanley Beresford CHARLESTON 01 May 1920 at Holy Trinity Church, Ulverstone, Tas.
Died 04 April 1971 in Tasmania.
Miss Kate Grasby, one of the teachers at St Paul's Sunday school, was the recipient of a presentation from the scholars the other day. It was made by Mrs de Coetlogon, and took the form of a nicely-bound prayer book and purse, and was called forth by the fact that Miss Grasby is leaving East Devonport to-day for Litrobe, having been accepted as a probationer in the Devon Hospital.
Western Advocate and the Emy Bay Times Wednesday 25 July 1906 page 2
The many friends of Nurse Kate Grasby, of East Devonport, will be glad to hear she has arrived safely at Cloncurry (Queensland) to take up duties in the Selwyn Hospital.
Western Advocate and the Emu Bay Times Saturday 13 May 1911 page 5
Nurse Kate Grasby, the younger daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. Grasby, of East Devonport, is now on a holiday visit to the Wilmot district. The nurse recently returned from a term in New Guinea for a much required rest after such a debilitating climate and hopes that the mountain air will complete her restoration to health so as to enable her to offer herself as a nurse to proceed to the front with our brave soldiers.
Western Advocate and the Emu Bay Times Friday 28 January 1916 page 3
WEDDING BELLS
CHARLESTON--GRASBY.
A quiet but pretty wedding was celebrated at the Holy Trinity Church, Ulverstone, on Saturday, when Sister Kitty Grasby, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. Grasby, of East Devonport, was united in the holy bonds of matrimony to Stanley Beresford Charleston, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Charleston, of "Highfield," Ulverstone.
The bride who was given away by her father, was daintily attired, in a frock of ivory chiria silk, trimmed with silk stitching, and tiny pearls; she also wore the usual veil and orange blossom, and carried a handsome bouquet of white chrysanthemums, Easter daisies, and asparagus fern, tied with white satin ribbon. Miss Theresa Charleston, sister of the bridegroom,attended as bridesmaid, and wore a pretty dress of pale pink crepe dechene, and carried a bouquet of white asters and asparagus fern, tied with white satin ribbon. Mr. J. A. Robertson, a friend of the bridegroom, neted in the capacity of groomsman. The bridegroom's gift to the bride was an old spray brooch, set with pearls; and to the bridesmaid a gold circle brooch set with pearl and white sapphires. The bride's gift to the bridegroom was a handsome travelling rug.
After the ceremony the bridal party were entertained at a wedding breakfast at tho residence of the bridegroom's parents, after which the happy couple left by motor for Burnie, enroute to Melbourne, where the honeymoon is to be spent.
Tho bride travelled in' a navy tailored costume, with grey and sase hatand black tibet fur. They were the recipients of many costly and useful presents, including numerous cheques,and a handsome silver tea service on an oak and silver tray, from the male staff, officers, Y.A.D.'s and sisters of wards one and three of Hornsey Military Hospital, Launceston ; and a costly English china salad bowl, with a silver spoon and fork from "The Dietgers" of -Ward No. 2, Hornsey Military Hospital.
The future home of Mr. and Mrs. Charleston will be at "Hillwood," Wilmot.
Advocate Thursday 06 May 1920 page 4
“At the outbreak of the Great War in 1914 – a number of the nurses volunteered for active service for the Empire. The name of those who volunteered are Edith TWELVETREES, Zulu LADE, Rhoda McKENDRICK, Grace TREBILCO, Margaret McKENDRICK, Linda WATSON, Kathleen TURVEY, Laura WHITFIELD, Evelyn SALE, Rose HEATHORN, Kate GRASBY, Nellie GILL.
Their names are shown on the Roll of Honour hanging in the waiting-room of the hospital at the present time.”
Trove – Advocate (Tas) Fri 12 September 1930 page 4
Part of article re History of Devon Hospital, Tasmania
GRAVE, Marjorie
Masseuse
AANS
Born 1892 at Balwyn, Vic.
Daughter of Frederick George GRAVE and Florence Jane nee DUGGIN
Age 23 years
Enlisted 22 October 1915 in Sydney, NSW
Embarked 10 November 1915
Service in Egypt, England and France
Invalided to Australia 27 August 1917
Discharged Medically Unfit (unexplained pyrexia) 26 March 1918
AANS
Born 1892 at Balwyn, Vic.
Daughter of Frederick George GRAVE and Florence Jane nee DUGGIN
Age 23 years
Enlisted 22 October 1915 in Sydney, NSW
Embarked 10 November 1915
Service in Egypt, England and France
Invalided to Australia 27 August 1917
Discharged Medically Unfit (unexplained pyrexia) 26 March 1918
GRAY
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GRAY, Allana Annie
Staff Nurse
AANS
Born 1895 at Brisbane, Qld.
Daughter of Allan McDougall GRAY and Elizabeth Augustus nee HAFNER
Age 21 years
Training Perth Children’s Hospital
Enlisted 15 June 1917 in Fremantle, WA
Embarked 13 March 1918 per “Ormonde”
Service in Northern India
Returned to Australia 01 October 1919 per “Plassy”
Appointment Terminated 27 November 1919
Did not marry
Died 15 December 1980 in Western Australia
Aged 85 years
Resided Subiaco, WA
Buried Karrakatta Cemetery EC Section 27 position 0073
AANS
Born 1895 at Brisbane, Qld.
Daughter of Allan McDougall GRAY and Elizabeth Augustus nee HAFNER
Age 21 years
Training Perth Children’s Hospital
Enlisted 15 June 1917 in Fremantle, WA
Embarked 13 March 1918 per “Ormonde”
Service in Northern India
Returned to Australia 01 October 1919 per “Plassy”
Appointment Terminated 27 November 1919
Did not marry
Died 15 December 1980 in Western Australia
Aged 85 years
Resided Subiaco, WA
Buried Karrakatta Cemetery EC Section 27 position 0073
GRAY, Ethel
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Matron
AANS (standing) Born Melbourne, Vic. Enlisted 17 February 1915 Embarked 23 February 1915 Awarded CBE Discharged as medically unfit 22 July 1920 (seated) www.awm.gov.au P02402.028 |
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Awarded Royal Red Cross (1st Class)
Date of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 21 September 1916
Location in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: Page 2622, position 59
Date of London Gazette: 3 June 1916
Location in London Gazette: Page 5602, position 1
Date of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 21 September 1916
Location in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: Page 2622, position 59
Date of London Gazette: 3 June 1916
Location in London Gazette: Page 5602, position 1
Mentioned in Despatches
Date of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 18 April 1918
Location in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: Page 845, position 100
Date of London Gazette: 28 December 1917
Location in London Gazette: Page 13568, position 122
Date of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 18 April 1918
Location in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: Page 845, position 100
Date of London Gazette: 28 December 1917
Location in London Gazette: Page 13568, position 122
Awarded Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Date of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 6 October 1919
Location in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: Page 1463, position 35
Date of London Gazette: 3 June 1919
Location in London Gazette: Page 7004, position 3
Date of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 6 October 1919
Location in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: Page 1463, position 35
Date of London Gazette: 3 June 1919
Location in London Gazette: Page 7004, position 3
Mentioned in Despatches
Date of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 30 October 1919
Location in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: Page 1660, position 88
Date of London Gazette: 11 July 1919
Location in London Gazette: Page 8835, position 60
Date of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 30 October 1919
Location in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: Page 1660, position 88
Date of London Gazette: 11 July 1919
Location in London Gazette: Page 8835, position 60
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Ethel Gray (1876-1962), nursing sister and army matron, was born on 24 April 1876 at Carlton, Melbourne, eldest of the eight children of Samuel Gray, clothing manufacturer from Cavan, Ireland, and his English-born wife Amelia, née Bird. Educated at Lee Street State School, East Melbourne, and the Presbyterian Ladies' College, she entered (Royal) Melbourne Hospital as a probationer in March 1900, gained her certificate on 12 March 1903 and was promoted staff nurse two days later and sister on 29 May. A supervisor described her as 'most satisfactory, very quick and observant, reliable and thoroughly conscientious in her work, also a favourite with the patients'. She remained on the staff until 1908 when she was appointed matron of the Queen's Memorial Infectious Diseases Hospital, Fairfield. She returned to Melbourne Hospital as house matron in July 1909 and in February 1911 became assistant lady superintendent.
Sister Gray became matron of Perth Public Hospital in January 1913. In January 1915 she volunteered for the Australian Army Nursing Service and, having been asked to take charge of a convalescent depot for Australian troops in England, enlisted in the A.A.N.S., Australian Imperial Force, on 9 February as a matron. She embarked ten days later with five sisters who were to form the nucleus of the depot's nursing staff. On reaching England she discovered that the hospital, Harefield Park House, Middlesex, was not ready for occupation. Her first tasks were to advise on alterations necessary 'to make the place capable of holding 150 convalescent patients' and to purchase equipment and furnishings. Before the first intake of patients in June, she was told that Harefield was to become the 1st Australian Auxiliary Hospital. The rapid expansion and the changing role of the unit placed heavy strains on the staff but 'great unity' existed and 'the spirit of the hospital was good'. Matron Gray, already showing the dedication and the exceptional organizing and administrative skills which were to make her one of the most highly decorated members of the A.A.N.S., supervised the general running of the hospital and the management of the nursing staff until 30 November 1916. By this time Harefield had 1000 beds. Next June she received the Royal Red Cross, 1st class, for her work there.
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On 9 December 1916 she joined the 2nd Australian General Hospital at Wimereux, France, retaining charge of the nursing staff until March 1919 when the hospital closed. The 'rush of work' which began with the battle of Vimy Ridge in April 1917 continued until October 1918. She was mentioned in dispatches in 1917 and 1919, appointed C.B.E. in 1919 and awarded the Medaille de la Reconnaissance Française in 1920, being the only Australian woman to receive this honour. On 19 March 1919 she assumed duty with the 1st A.G.H. at Sutton Veny, England, and embarked for Australia on 22 January 1920. She was discharged from the A.I.F. a month later. Soon after demobilization she became the first matron of Epworth Intermediate Hospital, Richmond, Melbourne, a hospital founded by the Methodist Church, and remained in charge until her retirement in 1939. She died in Epworth on 22 July 1962 and was buried in Melbourne general cemetery. Her estate was sworn for probate at £30,997.
Ethel Gray was a woman of great constitutional stamina and forceful, sometimes domineering, personality. A staunch adherence to Methodism influenced her whole life. Totally dedicated to the nursing profession, she expected the same single-mindedness from her colleagues and, though generally considerate of others, was a firm disciplinarian. A strong sense of duty, instilled by both family and church, never left her. She was 5 ft 4½ ins (164 cm) tall, carried herself well, and usually wore her dark hair parted in the centre. A fresh complexion softened her strong, rather angular features. Her portrait, by Ernest Buckmaster, is in Epworth Hospital. A niece remembers her as 'a lovable person' to whom 'everything was of absorbing interest and worthy of comment'. From her personal diaries, faithfully kept throughout 1915-19, she emerges as a capable, energetic woman with rigid standards of personal morality and compassion and concern for her patients and staff. by Merrilyn Lincoln This article was published in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 9, (MUP), 1983 |
GRAY, Lindsay
After an absence from Lismore extending over 2½ years Nurse Lindsay Gray returned on a brief visit on Saturday. Upon the out-break of the war Nurse Gray's services were accepted and she has seen some strenuous times both in England and on the Continent. She has some very interesting reminiscences connected with her work in the hospitals and very many mementoes. This afternoon, at Miss Drew's refreshment rooms, the local Red Cross Society will entertain Nurse Gray at afternoon tea, when all members of the Red Cross Society, as well as friends of Nurse Lindsay Gray, are invited to be present. Nurse Gray will be leaving Lismore on Thursday for Sydney en route for Rouen (France), having received word to return earlier than expected. During her stay in Lismore Nurse Gray is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Ballhausen.
Northern Star Monday 26 June 1916 page 4
Northern Star Monday 26 June 1916 page 4
GRAY, Olive May Alice
Born 1891 in Warrnambool, Vic.
Daughter of George GRAY and Elizabeth nee McGRATH
Nurse on the Western Front (Flanders) in November 1917 and later worked at the Caulfield Military Hospital.
Married John O'BRIEN who died of lung problems from the war.
Graduated from Austin Hospital in 1917
Olive gave birth to their third child after his death. She then returned to Nursing.
Daughter of George GRAY and Elizabeth nee McGRATH
Nurse on the Western Front (Flanders) in November 1917 and later worked at the Caulfield Military Hospital.
Married John O'BRIEN who died of lung problems from the war.
Graduated from Austin Hospital in 1917
Olive gave birth to their third child after his death. She then returned to Nursing.
GREAVES, Ida
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Matron
AANS Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve Born 19 February 1878 in Newcastle, NSW Mother residing at 88 Belmont Road, Mosman, Sydney, NSW (father - Accounant - deceased) NOK J W GREAVES (brother) of Australian Agricultural Compnay, Newcastle, NSW Educated Newcastle, NSW Trained at Newcastle General Hospital 12 January 1901 - 30 May 1904 Private nursing in Australian and London until 1914 Matron at Australian Voluntary Hospital 19 August 1914 to 30 June 1916 Enlisted 28 August 1914 Enlisted with QAIMNSR 22 June 1916 Transferred to QAIMNSR 01 July 1916 Served in France at 32 Stationary Hospital, 12 General Hospital, 4 CCS Mentioned in despatches Servedat 43 CCS, 2nd Stationary Hospital, 38 CCS, 3rd General Hospital, 29 CCS, 2nd Stationary Hospital, 8 CCS, 7 CCS, 1 CCS Admitted to 2 Stationary Hospital with contusion to Knee 10 July 1918 with haemorrage into prepatella - fell over tent rope in dusk. 21 days leave To 7 CCS, 12 Stationary Hospital, 15 CCS 'Miss GREAVES has been Sister-in-charge of this unit since 18 September 1918. Her professional ability and energy are excellent and well up to the standard of rank. Administravie capacity good. Miss Greaves has taken the greatest care in safe guarding the health of her Nursing Staff and it is largely due to her efforts that during the recent epidemic of Influenza there has been very little sickness amongst them.' To UK for demobilization 25 March 1919 Served 4 years and 200 days Demobilized 16 March 1919 Read more here Nurse I Greaves, whose name is included in the 'honour' list, is matron of the Australian Hospital in France. She served her time in the Newcastle Hospital, and received her certificate here. She was nursing in London two years prior to the war, and shortly after the declaration was made, she volunteered with the Australian Voluntary Hospital, and was accepted for service in France. Nurse Greaves is a native of Newcastle, and is very well known here. Sydney Morning Herald Friday 25 June 1915 page 5 |
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Mentioned in Despatches
Date of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 11 September 1915 Location in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: Page 1746, position 46 Date of London Gazette: 22 June 1915 Location in London Gazette: Page 6010, position 4 
Awarded Royal Red Cross (1st Class)
Date of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 11 September 1915 Location in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: Page 1747, position 2 Date of London Gazette: 23 June 1915 Location in London Gazette: Page 6127, position 1 
Mentioned in Despatches
Date of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 18 April 1918 Location in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: Page 845, position 101 Date of London Gazette: 28 December 1917 Location in London Gazette: Page 13568, position 123 |
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MATRON GREAVES, who recently received the Royal Red Cross at the hands of his Majesty the King, is well known in Newcastle, where she received her hospital training. She was nursing in London two years prior to the war, and shortly after the declaration was made she volunteered with the Australian Voluntary Hospital, and was accepted for service in France. On the same day that she attended Buckingham Palace to be decorated by the King, a similar honour was bestowed by his Majesty upon Miss Norah Fletcher, of Sydney, who is the chief matron of the British Red Cross in France.
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GREAVES, Susan Ethel
Nurse
Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve
Born 01 August 1880 at Newcastle, NSW
Mother residing 88 Belmont Street, Mosman, Sydney, NSW
Educated Public School, Newcastle, NSW
Trained Newcastle 10 May 1900 - 01 November 1903
Head Nurse 1903-1904
Matron 1908-1911
Private Nursing London and India 1911-1914
Applied for appointment 22 June 1916 at Australian Voluntary Hospital, Wimereaux, France
Posted 32 Stationary Hospital 01 July 1916
3 weeks sick leave 07 July 1917 - 28 July 1917
Posted to 25 Stationary Hospital 07 May 1917
Posted to Abbeville 23 September 1917
Contract terminated 30 June 1918
Proceeded to UK on resignation 01 July 1918
Struck off strength 05 July 1918 in Italy
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SISTER GREAVES
May Return to War
Sister Susie Greaves, who recently returned from the front, received her training in the
Newcastle Hospital,and was for some years doing private nursing. When war broke out she
was nursing in India, and in May, 1915, joined the Australian Voluntary Hospital in France,
where she nursed until July, 1916. Then the whole hospital unit was taken over by the British
War Office, after which Sister Greaves nursed at Wimereaux, Boulogne Base and Rouen Base for
eight months. She was also engaged on an ambulance train bringing the sick and wounded from casualty clearing stations to base hospitals. Four months of this time was spent in Italy, where Sister Greaves was bringing British troops down from the Italian front. Sister Greaves found the train life most interesting. It made her realise the distinction which had taken place, the devastation being almost beyond comprehension, especially on the battlefield on the Somme, where the train passed through miles and miles of ruin— only shell-holes and graves to mark where towns had once stood. What had once been a city was marked only by piles of ruins. Even in towns which had escaped absolute ruin there would be hardly a complete building. While in Northern France, early in 1918, it was impossible to get a night's rest owing to the continuous air raids. What perhaps appealed most to Sister Greaves upon landing in Australia was the abundance of fresh food after having been on rations for so long in England and France. Sister Greaves' has again volunteered for service.
The Newcastle Sun Tuesday 05 November 1918 page 3
Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve
Born 01 August 1880 at Newcastle, NSW
Mother residing 88 Belmont Street, Mosman, Sydney, NSW
Educated Public School, Newcastle, NSW
Trained Newcastle 10 May 1900 - 01 November 1903
Head Nurse 1903-1904
Matron 1908-1911
Private Nursing London and India 1911-1914
Applied for appointment 22 June 1916 at Australian Voluntary Hospital, Wimereaux, France
Posted 32 Stationary Hospital 01 July 1916
3 weeks sick leave 07 July 1917 - 28 July 1917
Posted to 25 Stationary Hospital 07 May 1917
Posted to Abbeville 23 September 1917
Contract terminated 30 June 1918
Proceeded to UK on resignation 01 July 1918
Struck off strength 05 July 1918 in Italy
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SISTER GREAVES
May Return to War
Sister Susie Greaves, who recently returned from the front, received her training in the
Newcastle Hospital,and was for some years doing private nursing. When war broke out she
was nursing in India, and in May, 1915, joined the Australian Voluntary Hospital in France,
where she nursed until July, 1916. Then the whole hospital unit was taken over by the British
War Office, after which Sister Greaves nursed at Wimereaux, Boulogne Base and Rouen Base for
eight months. She was also engaged on an ambulance train bringing the sick and wounded from casualty clearing stations to base hospitals. Four months of this time was spent in Italy, where Sister Greaves was bringing British troops down from the Italian front. Sister Greaves found the train life most interesting. It made her realise the distinction which had taken place, the devastation being almost beyond comprehension, especially on the battlefield on the Somme, where the train passed through miles and miles of ruin— only shell-holes and graves to mark where towns had once stood. What had once been a city was marked only by piles of ruins. Even in towns which had escaped absolute ruin there would be hardly a complete building. While in Northern France, early in 1918, it was impossible to get a night's rest owing to the continuous air raids. What perhaps appealed most to Sister Greaves upon landing in Australia was the abundance of fresh food after having been on rations for so long in England and France. Sister Greaves' has again volunteered for service.
The Newcastle Sun Tuesday 05 November 1918 page 3
GREEN, Clarice Elizabeth
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Temporary Head Sister/Temporary Matron
AANS 1st AGH Born 1871 in Campbelltown, NSW Daughter of Samuel Isaac GREEN and Anne nee CRIBB Address “Illira” Forest St., Bendigo, Vic Age 42 years Training 9 years Prince Alfred Hospital, Melbourne Enlisted 04 November 1914 Embarked 15 December 1914 per “Kyarra” Promoted to Temp/Matron 09 January 1916 Service in Egypt, France and England Attended British School of Languages 05 June 1919 – 05 August 1919 Returned to Australia per “Orvietto” 01 November 1919 Appointment Terminated 02 February1920 Did not marry Died 1930 in Balwyn, Vic. Punch Thursday 03 December 1914 page 26 |
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Awarded Royal Red Cross (2nd Class)
Date of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 23 July 1919
Location in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: Page 1171, position 28
Date of London Gazette: 9 April 1919
Location in London Gazette: Page 4680, position 2
Date of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 23 July 1919
Location in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: Page 1171, position 28
Date of London Gazette: 9 April 1919
Location in London Gazette: Page 4680, position 2
Miss C. E. Green, a Melbourne military nurse, is now at the 3rd A.G.H Dartford. For some time she had charge of a London hospital reserved for jaw cases. Before that she rendered valuable service in France.
Weekly times Saturday 13 April 1918 page 9
Weekly times Saturday 13 April 1918 page 9
GREEN, Doris Marion
Sister
Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve
Resided 38 Kilgown Street, Geelong, Vic.
Enlisted 22 January 1915 in Egypt at Mena House, Cairo
Embarked Bombay 22 August 1917
Disembarked Baora 30 August 1917
Posted No 3 B.G. Co Basrah 31 August 1917
Transferred to UK for duty 17 November 1918 per 'Egra' for India
Posted to War Hospital 29 January 1919
'She has filled her post as Ward Sister in a most capable manner being energetic and tactful with her staff and patients. She is quite suitable for army employment.'
Demobilized 25 April 1920
Embarked for Australia
Married name RUSSELL
Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve
Resided 38 Kilgown Street, Geelong, Vic.
Enlisted 22 January 1915 in Egypt at Mena House, Cairo
Embarked Bombay 22 August 1917
Disembarked Baora 30 August 1917
Posted No 3 B.G. Co Basrah 31 August 1917
Transferred to UK for duty 17 November 1918 per 'Egra' for India
Posted to War Hospital 29 January 1919
'She has filled her post as Ward Sister in a most capable manner being energetic and tactful with her staff and patients. She is quite suitable for army employment.'
Demobilized 25 April 1920
Embarked for Australia
Married name RUSSELL
GREEN, Ida Eleanor
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Staff Nurse
AANS Born November 1876 at Forbes, NSW Daughter of Denis GREEN and Mary Jane nee SMITH Enlisted 16 June 1916 Embarked 23 January 1918 Discharged as medically unfit 20 May 1919 Did not marry Died 13 April 1945 in NSW |
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Ida was born in Forbes in November, 1876 the third eldest child of Dennis and Mary Green of Forbes. She commenced Probationary nursing training at Forbes District Hospital in November, 1902. She became Head Nurse at Forbes in 1903.
At times she served as a Staff Nurse at Lismore Hospital, and Head Nurse at Casino Hospital (March 1909 until 1911) and Quirindi Hospitals (1912 until February 1913) interspersed with private nursing.
Before enlisting in WW1 Ida served at Liverpool Field Hospital, Liverpool NSW for a period of 14 months.
On 16 June, 1916 she enlisted and was assigned as a Staff Nurse on No.1 Hospital Ship 'Karoola' until her discharge on 20 May, 1919.
In the Official History of the War 1914-1918 Vol.9 Ref. 1.940.40994 from Mitchell Library, Sydney, found on Page 426, Volume 1 the following:
"In August, 1915, the Karoola was taken by the military as a Hospital Ship with the Kanowra as Hospital Ships No.l and 2."
Her medical report states "Never reported sick whilst on active service" and " She is quite fit and well, OE Heart and Lungs quite clear". "No disability" dated 6 May 1919 from Garrison Hospital, 2nd Military Hospital.
When Ida returned to civilian life she remained doing private nursing and was a Life Member of the Trained Nurses Association. Ida remained single and died in a private hospital at Petersham, NSW 13 April, 1945.
Photo of Ida as a nurse whilst serving in WW1 in Colombo.
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At times she served as a Staff Nurse at Lismore Hospital, and Head Nurse at Casino Hospital (March 1909 until 1911) and Quirindi Hospitals (1912 until February 1913) interspersed with private nursing.
Before enlisting in WW1 Ida served at Liverpool Field Hospital, Liverpool NSW for a period of 14 months.
On 16 June, 1916 she enlisted and was assigned as a Staff Nurse on No.1 Hospital Ship 'Karoola' until her discharge on 20 May, 1919.
In the Official History of the War 1914-1918 Vol.9 Ref. 1.940.40994 from Mitchell Library, Sydney, found on Page 426, Volume 1 the following:
"In August, 1915, the Karoola was taken by the military as a Hospital Ship with the Kanowra as Hospital Ships No.l and 2."
Her medical report states "Never reported sick whilst on active service" and " She is quite fit and well, OE Heart and Lungs quite clear". "No disability" dated 6 May 1919 from Garrison Hospital, 2nd Military Hospital.
When Ida returned to civilian life she remained doing private nursing and was a Life Member of the Trained Nurses Association. Ida remained single and died in a private hospital at Petersham, NSW 13 April, 1945.
Photo of Ida as a nurse whilst serving in WW1 in Colombo.
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GREEN, Olive May
Staff Nurse
AANS
Born 03 February 1893 at North Goodwood, SA
Son of John Livewell GREEN and Elizabeth Eva nee THOMPSON
Of 85 Rose Tce. Wayville SA
Age 25 years
Training at Adelaide General Hospital
Appointment date 23 December 1918
Duty at No 7 AGH, Quarantine Depot at Torrens Island
Demobilized 13 October 1919
She arrived in Tasmania in 1925 and was the state supervisor of child welfare.
Awarded an MBE.
She retired in 1952 and came back to South Australia to live.
Possibly died 14 September 1979 in Adelaide and buried Centennial Park Cemetery
AANS
Born 03 February 1893 at North Goodwood, SA
Son of John Livewell GREEN and Elizabeth Eva nee THOMPSON
Of 85 Rose Tce. Wayville SA
Age 25 years
Training at Adelaide General Hospital
Appointment date 23 December 1918
Duty at No 7 AGH, Quarantine Depot at Torrens Island
Demobilized 13 October 1919
She arrived in Tasmania in 1925 and was the state supervisor of child welfare.
Awarded an MBE.
She retired in 1952 and came back to South Australia to live.
Possibly died 14 September 1979 in Adelaide and buried Centennial Park Cemetery
GREENAWAY, Sybil Mildred
Sister
AANS
Born Sibylla Mildred GREENAWAY in 1877 at Timaru, New Zealand
Daughter of Isaac McHaughton GREENAWAY and Mary Ann nee YOUNGHUSBAND
Age 37 years
Training Toowoomba Hospital
Medical and Surgical Nursing
Enlisted 21 April 1915
Embarked 15 May 1915
Service in France, extensively on the field and No 18 Ambulance Train
Promoted to Sister 01 September 1917
Returned to Australia 22 August 1919 per “Anchises”
Appointment terminated 13 December 1919
Repatriation contact June 1966
Did not marry
Died 1974 at Mount Albert, Vic.
AANS
Born Sibylla Mildred GREENAWAY in 1877 at Timaru, New Zealand
Daughter of Isaac McHaughton GREENAWAY and Mary Ann nee YOUNGHUSBAND
Age 37 years
Training Toowoomba Hospital
Medical and Surgical Nursing
Enlisted 21 April 1915
Embarked 15 May 1915
Service in France, extensively on the field and No 18 Ambulance Train
Promoted to Sister 01 September 1917
Returned to Australia 22 August 1919 per “Anchises”
Appointment terminated 13 December 1919
Repatriation contact June 1966
Did not marry
Died 1974 at Mount Albert, Vic.
Mentioned in Despatches
Date of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 30 October 1919
Location in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: Page 1653, position 32
Date of London Gazette: 11 July 1919
Location in London Gazette: Page 8835, position 61
Mentioned in Sir Douglas Haig’s Despatches dated 16 March 1919
Date of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 30 October 1919
Location in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: Page 1653, position 32
Date of London Gazette: 11 July 1919
Location in London Gazette: Page 8835, position 61
Mentioned in Sir Douglas Haig’s Despatches dated 16 March 1919
GREENE, Charlotte Sylvia
Staff Nurse
AANS
Born 1885 at Smythesdale, Vic.
Daughter of Mr. William Wentworth GREENE and Janet nee McGREGOR
Of Moonee Ponds
Age 31 years
Enlisted 12 December 1916
Embarked 26 December 1916 at Melbourne per “Mooltan”
Service in India and England
Contracted Influenza January 1919
Promoted to Sister 29 December 1918
Returned to Australia per “Port Lincoln” 23 July 1919
Appointment Terminated 07 June 1920
Did not marry
Died 05 March 1964
Resided Glen Iris, Vic.
AANS
Born 1885 at Smythesdale, Vic.
Daughter of Mr. William Wentworth GREENE and Janet nee McGREGOR
Of Moonee Ponds
Age 31 years
Enlisted 12 December 1916
Embarked 26 December 1916 at Melbourne per “Mooltan”
Service in India and England
Contracted Influenza January 1919
Promoted to Sister 29 December 1918
Returned to Australia per “Port Lincoln” 23 July 1919
Appointment Terminated 07 June 1920
Did not marry
Died 05 March 1964
Resided Glen Iris, Vic.
GREENE, Margaret
Staff Nurse
AANS
Born 1879 at Gordon, Vic
Brother of Michael GREENE and Catherine nee FITZPATICK
Age 32 years
Training 3 years St Vincent’s Hospital, Vic
Enlisted 16 July 1917
Embarked 07 September 1917 per “Kyarra”
Service in Bombay and Transport Duty on “Varela”
Returned to Australia per “City of Cairo” 28 February 1919
Appointment Terminated 11 June 1919
Did not marry
Died 10 November 1957 in Ballarat, Vic.
Resided North Ballarat, Vic.
AANS
Born 1879 at Gordon, Vic
Brother of Michael GREENE and Catherine nee FITZPATICK
Age 32 years
Training 3 years St Vincent’s Hospital, Vic
Enlisted 16 July 1917
Embarked 07 September 1917 per “Kyarra”
Service in Bombay and Transport Duty on “Varela”
Returned to Australia per “City of Cairo” 28 February 1919
Appointment Terminated 11 June 1919
Did not marry
Died 10 November 1957 in Ballarat, Vic.
Resided North Ballarat, Vic.
Nurse Maggie Greene, who recently volunteered for active service as a Red Cross Nurse left on Friday for Bombay, India. All wish her bon voyage.
Ballarat Star Monday 24 September 1917 page 6
Ballarat Star Monday 24 September 1917 page 6
GREENE, Mary Wentworth
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Staff Nurse
Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve Born Kyneton, Vic. Daughter of William Wentworth GREENE and Janet nee McGREGOR Embarked 15 May 1915 per 'Mooltan' for England to join QAIMNSR Served in Alexandria until October 1915 at Raw-el-Tin Military Hospital Transport duty 'Andania' for England Returned to Egypt Transferred to 'Dunvegan Castle' in the Mediterranean Posted to a Military Hospital in Alexandria in January 1916 Married William Swan PHILIP 03 February 1916 at the British Consulate Returned to Australia 1916 Died in 06 April 1964 in Victoria Resided Glen Iris, Vic. Buried 09 April 1964 Springvale Botanical Cemetery T G Allen Lawn, Row AE Grave 58 Photograph Table Talk |
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MARRIAGES
PHILIP – GREENE – On the 3rd February, at the British Consulate, and afterwards at St Mark’s Church, Alexandria, Egypt, by the Rev. Dr Morton, Mary Wentworth, 3rd daughter of W. Wentworth Greene, of Moonee Ponds, Melbourne, to 2nd Lieut W.S. Philip, RFA, second son of Mr and Mrs John Philip, of Englefield, Balmoral, Victoria.
The Argus Monday 13 March 1916
PHILIP – GREENE – On the 3rd February, at the British Consulate, and afterwards at St Mark’s Church, Alexandria, Egypt, by the Rev. Dr Morton, Mary Wentworth, 3rd daughter of W. Wentworth Greene, of Moonee Ponds, Melbourne, to 2nd Lieut W.S. Philip, RFA, second son of Mr and Mrs John Philip, of Englefield, Balmoral, Victoria.
The Argus Monday 13 March 1916
GREENTREE, Vida Mitylene
Staff Nurse
AANS
Born 1890 at Windsor, NSW
Daughter of Albert Charles GREENTREE and Jane Cameron nee HOSKISSON
Age 26 years
Enlisted 24 May 1917
Embarked 09 June 1917 in Sydney per “Mooltan”
Service Salonika
Returned to Australia 08 July 1919 per “Friedrichsruh”
Appointment terminated 04 October 1919
Did not marry
Died 01 September 1983
Aged 93 years
Late of Sandgate Qld.
Formerly of Freemans Reach, NSW
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AANS
Born 1890 at Windsor, NSW
Daughter of Albert Charles GREENTREE and Jane Cameron nee HOSKISSON
Age 26 years
Enlisted 24 May 1917
Embarked 09 June 1917 in Sydney per “Mooltan”
Service Salonika
Returned to Australia 08 July 1919 per “Friedrichsruh”
Appointment terminated 04 October 1919
Did not marry
Died 01 September 1983
Aged 93 years
Late of Sandgate Qld.
Formerly of Freemans Reach, NSW
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Coming home about the 22nd inst., after two years noble service at the war — -Nurse Vida Grentree, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Al. Greentree, of Freeman's Reach. Nurse Greentree has been nursing enemy wounded at Salonica, and was also on the staff of a big military hospital near London. Before going abroad she was head nurse at Penrith hospital, and declined the matronship when it was offered to her. She was much loved by hospital patients and the general public at Penrith. This brave Hawkesbury woman should get a dinkum reception when she arrives.
Windsor and Richmond Gazette Friday 22 August 1919 page 4
Windsor and Richmond Gazette Friday 22 August 1919 page 4
An exceptionally big, crowd assembled at Windsor railway station on the 4th inst., to welcome Nurse Vida Greentree, daughter of'Mr. and Mrs A. C. Greentree, of Freeman's Reach. Nurse Greentree saw a couple of years war, and was nursing wounded on the Salonica front, and at the conclusion of the war went to England and took up duty in a military hospital. The station was gay with flags and bunting for her return and the band played 'Home, sweet home' as the train drew in. There was much cheering for the brave Hawkesbury girl. The Mayor (Ald. Ross), the Member (Mr. R. B. Walker, M.L.A.) , Rev. G. A. Hill, M.A., and Mr. A. Hannabus spoke, and all referred to Nurse Greentree's fine work at the war. An apology was tendered for the unavoidable absence of Mr. Haxby. Mr. Greentree , thanked the people on behalf of his daughter for the fine welcome home. After more cheering the band marched in front of the motor car conveying Nurse Greentree and her parents and played them up to the Post Office, and after more cheering, they proceeded home to Freeman's Reach.
Windsor and Richmond Gazette Friday 12 September 1919 page 4
Windsor and Richmond Gazette Friday 12 September 1919 page 4
GREENUP, Dorothy Catherine/Kathleen
Probationary Nurse
AANS
Born 1895 at Stanthorpe, Qld
Daughter of Edgar Brodie GREENUP and Emily Matilda nee HOLLINWORTH
Address Redcliffe, Qld
Age 20 years
Enlisted 16 December 1915
Embarked 22 December 1916 per “Kanowna”
Initially assumed to be a nurse despite filling out her papers stating she was a Domestic.
Made a Ward Assistant as the boat had sailed.
Discharged 01 April 1916 when the boat returned to Australia
She was awarded the British War Medal and the Victory for her service, thinking a mistake had been made she offered to return them.
Married Robert Neville WYNDHAM in 1935 in Qld.
Died 1973 in Qld.
AANS
Born 1895 at Stanthorpe, Qld
Daughter of Edgar Brodie GREENUP and Emily Matilda nee HOLLINWORTH
Address Redcliffe, Qld
Age 20 years
Enlisted 16 December 1915
Embarked 22 December 1916 per “Kanowna”
Initially assumed to be a nurse despite filling out her papers stating she was a Domestic.
Made a Ward Assistant as the boat had sailed.
Discharged 01 April 1916 when the boat returned to Australia
She was awarded the British War Medal and the Victory for her service, thinking a mistake had been made she offered to return them.
Married Robert Neville WYNDHAM in 1935 in Qld.
Died 1973 in Qld.
GREENWOOD, G
Nurse
VAD
Embarked for Australia from United Kingdom 06 March 1920 per 'Orvieto'
VAD
Embarked for Australia from United Kingdom 06 March 1920 per 'Orvieto'
GREER, Emily Mary
Sister
Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve
Born 1883 at Bedminster, Gloucesterhsire, England
Daughter of William Buchanan GREER & Emily GREER
Of Southport, Qld.
Sailed to England in March 1915 and joined the QAIMNSR
Attached to a Park Lane Officer’s hospital and then to Bramshott Military Hospital
Served Salonica for over two years
Invalided back to England where she served at Trent Bridge Military Hospital, until contracting influenza and returned home
Married Andrew Sydney ARMSTRONG 19 July 1919 at the Cathedral, Capetown
Died 17 August 1944 in Riverina District Hospital at Bowra, NSW
News has been received of the marriage of one of our army nursing sisters, Sister E. M. Greer, who has over four years' service to her credit. She was travelling in the East when war was declared, but returned to Queensland on the first available boat and offered her services to the military authorities in Brisbane. Growing impatient of delays, and feeling, as she had considerable surgical experience, that her services were needed, she went to London in March, 1915, and joined the Queen Alexandra Imperial Military Nursing Service (Reserve), and was attached to a hospital at Park Lane for the treatment of officers who had been gassed. During the winter of 1915-16 she nursed Tommies at Bramshott Military Hospital, where they arrived straight from the trenches in France within 24 hours of being wounded. On volunteering for foreign service she was sent to Salonica, where she served for over two years, and was then invalided to England. Subsequently,while nursing at Trent Bridge Military Hospital, several of the sisters died, and she nearly succumbed to a severe attack of pneumonic influenza. A long rest with friends in England and Scotland restored her to health.
The Queenslander Saturday 13 September 1919 page 5
Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve
Born 1883 at Bedminster, Gloucesterhsire, England
Daughter of William Buchanan GREER & Emily GREER
Of Southport, Qld.
Sailed to England in March 1915 and joined the QAIMNSR
Attached to a Park Lane Officer’s hospital and then to Bramshott Military Hospital
Served Salonica for over two years
Invalided back to England where she served at Trent Bridge Military Hospital, until contracting influenza and returned home
Married Andrew Sydney ARMSTRONG 19 July 1919 at the Cathedral, Capetown
Died 17 August 1944 in Riverina District Hospital at Bowra, NSW
News has been received of the marriage of one of our army nursing sisters, Sister E. M. Greer, who has over four years' service to her credit. She was travelling in the East when war was declared, but returned to Queensland on the first available boat and offered her services to the military authorities in Brisbane. Growing impatient of delays, and feeling, as she had considerable surgical experience, that her services were needed, she went to London in March, 1915, and joined the Queen Alexandra Imperial Military Nursing Service (Reserve), and was attached to a hospital at Park Lane for the treatment of officers who had been gassed. During the winter of 1915-16 she nursed Tommies at Bramshott Military Hospital, where they arrived straight from the trenches in France within 24 hours of being wounded. On volunteering for foreign service she was sent to Salonica, where she served for over two years, and was then invalided to England. Subsequently,while nursing at Trent Bridge Military Hospital, several of the sisters died, and she nearly succumbed to a severe attack of pneumonic influenza. A long rest with friends in England and Scotland restored her to health.
The Queenslander Saturday 13 September 1919 page 5
GREER, Olive Jeanetta
Staff Nurse
AANS
Born 1887 at Prahran, Melbourne, Vic
Daughter of James Andrew GREER and Hughina nee ROBERTSON
Address 568 High St, East Prahran, Melbourne, Vic
Age 29 years
Training 3 years Homeopathic Hospital, Vic
Enlisted 14 June 1917
Embarked 30 June 1917 per “Somali” at Melbourne
Service in Bombay
Returned to Australia per “Eastern” 13 April 1919
Appointment Terminated 22 June 1919
Did not marry
Died 19 May 1982 in Melbourne, Vic.
Resided Brighton East, Vic.
Buried 21 May 1982 at Springvale Botanical Cemetery and ashes scattered
AANS
Born 1887 at Prahran, Melbourne, Vic
Daughter of James Andrew GREER and Hughina nee ROBERTSON
Address 568 High St, East Prahran, Melbourne, Vic
Age 29 years
Training 3 years Homeopathic Hospital, Vic
Enlisted 14 June 1917
Embarked 30 June 1917 per “Somali” at Melbourne
Service in Bombay
Returned to Australia per “Eastern” 13 April 1919
Appointment Terminated 22 June 1919
Did not marry
Died 19 May 1982 in Melbourne, Vic.
Resided Brighton East, Vic.
Buried 21 May 1982 at Springvale Botanical Cemetery and ashes scattered
GREER, Olive May
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Sister
AANS Born 1878 at Melbourne, Vic Daughter of William Lyons GREER and Christina nee SYMONS Sister of Mrs. T H BRYAN Address Tasmania Age 32 years Training 3 years Homoeopathic Hospital, Vic Enlisted 04 August 1915 Embarked 06 December 1916 per “Orsova” at Melbourne Service in France and England Promoted to Charge Sister 29 December 1918 Attended Royal Sanitary Institute 26 February 1919 – 18 May 1919 Awarded Certificate for Women’s Health Returned to Australia per “Euripides” 06 September 1919 On Duty Appointment Terminated 04 January 1920 Did not marry Died 23 January 1956 at Launceston, Tas. Aged 72 years Buried Carr Villa Memorial Park Cremation Western Wall 185.00 B |
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GREEVE, Enid Bernice
Nurse
Queen Alexandria's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve
Born 1886 at Franklin, Tas.
Daughter of John William GREEVES and Alice Jean nee ROBERTSON
Embarked for Australia (Tasmania) 21 May 1919 per 'Osterley'
Did not marry
Died 05 March 1981 in Hobart, Tas.
Queen Alexandria's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve
Born 1886 at Franklin, Tas.
Daughter of John William GREEVES and Alice Jean nee ROBERTSON
Embarked for Australia (Tasmania) 21 May 1919 per 'Osterley'
Did not marry
Died 05 March 1981 in Hobart, Tas.
GREGG, Jessie Little
Staff Nurse
AANS
Born 1884 at Sydney, NSW
Daughter of Donald and Esther GREGG
Age 33 years
Enlisted 11 May 1917
Embarked 31 October 1917 in Sydney per “Euripides”
Service in England and transport duty on “Osterley”
Resigned her appointment (no explanation found) 22 July1919, effected 01 August 1919
Died 16 December 1943 at North Sydney, NSW
Late of Wollstonecraft
AANS
Born 1884 at Sydney, NSW
Daughter of Donald and Esther GREGG
Age 33 years
Enlisted 11 May 1917
Embarked 31 October 1917 in Sydney per “Euripides”
Service in England and transport duty on “Osterley”
Resigned her appointment (no explanation found) 22 July1919, effected 01 August 1919
Died 16 December 1943 at North Sydney, NSW
Late of Wollstonecraft
GREGORY, Dorothy Richards (Dollie)
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Staff Nurse
AANS Born Rochester, Vic. Daughter of The Honourable H GREGORY MP. and Mrs. GREGORY Of 10 Grandview Grove, Armidale Age 27 years Training Vincent’s Hospital Enlisted 16 May 1917 Embarked 12 June 1917 in Melbpurne per “Mooltan” Service in Salonika Contracted Malaria and Dysentery April 1918 Diagnosed as Dysentery Carrier and returned home in isolation per “Wiltshire” 26 December 1918 Discharged as medically unfit 01 August 1919 Died 03 September 1923 at Mount St. Evin's Private Hospital |
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GREGORY. -On the 3rd September, at Mount St. Evin's Private Hospital (after an illness supervening malaria, &c., contracted at Salonika when with the A.A.NS., A.I.F.), Dollie, dearly loved eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. Gregory, 10 Grandview grove, Armadale. R.I.P.
GREGSON, Florence Gertrude
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Sister
AANS Born Elsterwick, Vic Daughter of Rev. J GREGSON Sister to WH GREGSON Age 43 years Training Alfred Hospital Enlisted 23 May 1917 Embarked 12 June 1917 in Melbourne per “Mooltan” Service in Salonika Contracted influenza November 1918 Promoted to Sister 12 July 1919 Returned to Australia 01 November 1919 per “Nestor” On Duty Appointment terminated 14 June 1920 Died 20 February 1934 at Caulfield Military Hosptial, Melbourne, Vic. Buried St. Kilda Cemetery Baptist Compartment C, Grave 06A |
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Sister Florence Gregson
A soldier's funeral was the tribute paid by members of the Returned Solders and Sailors Imperial League of Australia to Sister Florence Gregson of the Australian Army Nursing Service who died in the Caulfield Military Hospital on Sunday. Sister Gregson who was a daughter of the late Rev J Gregson and Mrs Gregson of Melbourne was on service in Salonika during the war and later at the Caulfield Military Hospital. For seven years she was secretary of the Returned Army Nurses Club. At the graveside in the St Kilda cemetery Mr H J Martin past president of the League in Victoria read the returned soldiers burial service and recited the hymm "O Valiant Hearts" after which the large gathering of soldiers and nurses and former friends at the Alfred Hospital with whom Sister Gregson trained filed past the grave behind the Victorian President of the Returned Soldiers League (Mr. G .W. Holland) and dropped red poppies for remembrance on the coffin. The Rev H Taylor conducted the funeral service and Bugler F Smith sounded the Last Post The pallbearers were -Messrs R Robertson Austin Jollv F E Copland C G Watts C B Irvine G W Holland C W Joyce and H J Martin. The arrangements wefe carried out by A A Sleight Ptv Ltd.
The Argus Tuesday 03 December 1935 page 10
A soldier's funeral was the tribute paid by members of the Returned Solders and Sailors Imperial League of Australia to Sister Florence Gregson of the Australian Army Nursing Service who died in the Caulfield Military Hospital on Sunday. Sister Gregson who was a daughter of the late Rev J Gregson and Mrs Gregson of Melbourne was on service in Salonika during the war and later at the Caulfield Military Hospital. For seven years she was secretary of the Returned Army Nurses Club. At the graveside in the St Kilda cemetery Mr H J Martin past president of the League in Victoria read the returned soldiers burial service and recited the hymm "O Valiant Hearts" after which the large gathering of soldiers and nurses and former friends at the Alfred Hospital with whom Sister Gregson trained filed past the grave behind the Victorian President of the Returned Soldiers League (Mr. G .W. Holland) and dropped red poppies for remembrance on the coffin. The Rev H Taylor conducted the funeral service and Bugler F Smith sounded the Last Post The pallbearers were -Messrs R Robertson Austin Jollv F E Copland C G Watts C B Irvine G W Holland C W Joyce and H J Martin. The arrangements wefe carried out by A A Sleight Ptv Ltd.
The Argus Tuesday 03 December 1935 page 10
GREIG, Elsie Stewart
Sister
AANS
3rd AGH
Born 1886 at Charters Towers, Qld
Daughter of James Dickson GREIG and Barbara Mary nee STEWART
Age 29 years
Enlisted 26 April 1915
Embarked 15 May 1915
Service Lemnos, Egypt and on the field in France
Undertook course in Midwifery 15.7.19 to 15.11.19 in Dublin
Returned to Australia 20 December 1919 per “Runic” On Duty
Appointment Terminated 23 May 1920
Did not marry
Died 1966 in New Zealand
AANS
3rd AGH
Born 1886 at Charters Towers, Qld
Daughter of James Dickson GREIG and Barbara Mary nee STEWART
Age 29 years
Enlisted 26 April 1915
Embarked 15 May 1915
Service Lemnos, Egypt and on the field in France
Undertook course in Midwifery 15.7.19 to 15.11.19 in Dublin
Returned to Australia 20 December 1919 per “Runic” On Duty
Appointment Terminated 23 May 1920
Did not marry
Died 1966 in New Zealand
Mentioned in Despatches
Date of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 18 April 1918
Location in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: Page 845, position 102
Date of London Gazette: 28 December 1917
Location in London Gazette: Page 13568, position 124
Mentioned in Sir Douglas Haigs dispatches of 07 November 1917 for conspicuous service
Date of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 18 April 1918
Location in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: Page 845, position 102
Date of London Gazette: 28 December 1917
Location in London Gazette: Page 13568, position 124
Mentioned in Sir Douglas Haigs dispatches of 07 November 1917 for conspicuous service
Awarded Royal Red Cross 2nd Class
Date of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 23 May 1919
Location in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: Page 889, position 23
Date of London Gazette: 1 January 1919
Location in London Gazette: Page 33, position 7
Awarded Royal Red Cross 2nd Class 01 January 1919 for valuable service France and Flanders
Date of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 23 May 1919
Location in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: Page 889, position 23
Date of London Gazette: 1 January 1919
Location in London Gazette: Page 33, position 7
Awarded Royal Red Cross 2nd Class 01 January 1919 for valuable service France and Flanders
GREIG, Marion
Staff Nurse
AANS
Depot
Born 1864 in Heathcote, Vic.
Daughter of Bruce GREIG and Jane nee CURWIN
Enlisted 18 June 1918 at Melbourne, Vic.
Discharged 25 April 1919
Did not marry
Died 04 September 1944 at Campbellfield, Vic.
Resided Windsor, Vic.
AANS
Depot
Born 1864 in Heathcote, Vic.
Daughter of Bruce GREIG and Jane nee CURWIN
Enlisted 18 June 1918 at Melbourne, Vic.
Discharged 25 April 1919
Did not marry
Died 04 September 1944 at Campbellfield, Vic.
Resided Windsor, Vic.
GREWAR, Gertrude Agnes
Sister
AANS
Born 1881 at Avon, Vic
Fourth daughter of John GREWAR and Elizabeth Frances nee KILPATRICK
Of 'Avondale' Cope Cope
Age 33 years
Training Gippsland Hospital
Enlisted 18 May 1915
Embarked 23 May 1916
Service in Egypt
Contracted Dysentery 1915
Transferred to England for service 23 September 1915
Duty on ships “Wandilla” “Star of England” in 1916
Promoted to Sister 01 September 1917
Service in France
Contracted Influenza 1916 and 1918
Discharged as medically unfit (arrhythmia) 21 June 1919
Died 24 May 1921 at Donald, Vic.
Buried Waverley General Cemetery, NSW
ST. ARNAUD. — The death occurred on Tuesday of Nurse Agnes Gertrude Grewar, fourth daughter of Mrs. and the late Mr. John Grewar, of Cope Cope. At the outbreak of the war Nurse Grewar was matron at the Hamilton Hospital. She enlisted and left with the first contingent for Egypt, and later went to France.
The Argus Friday 27 May 1921 page 5
AANS
Born 1881 at Avon, Vic
Fourth daughter of John GREWAR and Elizabeth Frances nee KILPATRICK
Of 'Avondale' Cope Cope
Age 33 years
Training Gippsland Hospital
Enlisted 18 May 1915
Embarked 23 May 1916
Service in Egypt
Contracted Dysentery 1915
Transferred to England for service 23 September 1915
Duty on ships “Wandilla” “Star of England” in 1916
Promoted to Sister 01 September 1917
Service in France
Contracted Influenza 1916 and 1918
Discharged as medically unfit (arrhythmia) 21 June 1919
Died 24 May 1921 at Donald, Vic.
Buried Waverley General Cemetery, NSW
ST. ARNAUD. — The death occurred on Tuesday of Nurse Agnes Gertrude Grewar, fourth daughter of Mrs. and the late Mr. John Grewar, of Cope Cope. At the outbreak of the war Nurse Grewar was matron at the Hamilton Hospital. She enlisted and left with the first contingent for Egypt, and later went to France.
The Argus Friday 27 May 1921 page 5
GRIFFIN, Annie Frances
Staff Nurse
AANS
Born Geelong, Vic
Daughter of William John GRIFFIN and Julia Ann nee FIRTH
Address St Germaine, NSW
Age 28 years
Training Geelong Hospital, Vic
Enlisted 18 June 1917
Embarked 30 June 1917 per “Somali” at Melbourne
Service in Bombay
Seriously ill with Diptheria Dec.1917 – Measles Feb. 1918 & Influenza Sept. 1918
Invalided to Australia per “City of Cairo” 28 February 1919 still weak.
Appointment Terminated 04 January 1920
Died 11 June 1922
AANS
Born Geelong, Vic
Daughter of William John GRIFFIN and Julia Ann nee FIRTH
Address St Germaine, NSW
Age 28 years
Training Geelong Hospital, Vic
Enlisted 18 June 1917
Embarked 30 June 1917 per “Somali” at Melbourne
Service in Bombay
Seriously ill with Diptheria Dec.1917 – Measles Feb. 1918 & Influenza Sept. 1918
Invalided to Australia per “City of Cairo” 28 February 1919 still weak.
Appointment Terminated 04 January 1920
Died 11 June 1922
GRIFFITH, Caroline Rose
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Staff Nurse
AANS Born 21 July 1887 at Mackay, Qld Daughter of Herbert GRIFFITH and Margaret nee DAY Address Barcaldine, Qld Age 29 years Enlisted 28 August 1916 Embarked 19 September 1916 per “Karmala” at Sydney Service in Bombay Seriously Ill with Malaria soon after disembarkation Promoted to Sister 01 July 1917 Returned to Australia per “Corinthian” 11 February 1918 Appointment Terminated 21 December 1920 Did not marry Matron of Jundah Hospital Died 20 July 1972 in Queensland Aged 85 years Buried Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens Columbarium 14 Section 1 |
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GRIFFITHS, Annie Isabella
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Sister
AANS Born 1877 in Clapham, London, England Sister to Barnard Henry GRIFFITHS and Sarah Jane nee SMITH Of London, England Age 35 years A QAIMNS (Sister) prior to enlistment in Australia Enlisted 31 May 1917 Embarked 12 June 1917 at Melbourne per “Mooltan” Service in Salonika and England Promoted to Sister 01 September 1917 Returned to Australia per “Benalla” 02 April 1919 On Duty Appointment Terminated 16 August 1919 Married William Terry TURNER in 1920 Repatriation contact 25 February 1959 Died 30 September 1973 in NSW Late of Canberra, ACT |
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At St Paul's Church of England, Chatswood, on 13 April 1920 Turner married Annie Isabella Griffiths, a 43-year-old nurse; they were childless. Annie had served in England with Queen Alexandra's Imperial Medical Nursing Service from July 1915 to June 1916. She enlisted in the Australian Army Nursing Service on 31 May 1917. Sent to Hortiach and Salonica (Thessaloniki), Greece, she was promoted sister and worked in British hospitals from August 1917 to December 1918. The nurses were 'housed in tents or huts in a barbed-wire enclosure to keep out prowlers'. For the most part, conditions were deplorable.
Australian Dictionary of Biography
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GRIGG, Bessie
Staff Nurse/Sister
AANS
Born 1888 in Michigan, USA
Daughter of James H GRIGG
Age 28 years
Training Kalgooli Hospital
Enlisted 14 February 1917
Embarked 30 March 1917 in Fremantle per “Kanowna”
Service in India
Promoted to Sister 21 April 1919
Returned to Australia 28 September 1919 per “Osterley” On Duty
Appointment terminated 07 November 1919
Died 25 January 1970 in WA
Aged 81 years
Resided Mount Lawley, WA
Buried Karrakatta Cemetery Crematorium Rose Gardens site 16 position 0108
AANS
Born 1888 in Michigan, USA
Daughter of James H GRIGG
Age 28 years
Training Kalgooli Hospital
Enlisted 14 February 1917
Embarked 30 March 1917 in Fremantle per “Kanowna”
Service in India
Promoted to Sister 21 April 1919
Returned to Australia 28 September 1919 per “Osterley” On Duty
Appointment terminated 07 November 1919
Died 25 January 1970 in WA
Aged 81 years
Resided Mount Lawley, WA
Buried Karrakatta Cemetery Crematorium Rose Gardens site 16 position 0108
GROVE, Myra AnnieStaff Nurse
AANS Born at Cobram NSW. Daughter of Thomas E and Catherine Graham GROVE Of 'Myirlee', Warragul. Age 25, Trained Nurse, single, Church of England. Sister of Lance Corporal 546 Thomas Lester Grove who was killed in action with the 8 Light Horse Regiment 1 December 1917, and cousin of Trooper 1291A Ellis Charles Thomas Grove, 11 Light Horse Regiment who died of wounds 23 May 1916. Enlisted Melbourne 23 May 1917. Embarked Melbourne per RMS Mooltan on 12 June 1917. Serviced in Salonica, Greece, Egypt. Awarded the 1914-1915 British War Medal and Allied Victory Medal. Returned to Australia per Hungaria on 31 May 1919. Discharged as medically unfit on 3 July 1920. Died 8 April 1952. Name included on the Warragul Shire Honour Board. Courtesy of Ron Blair |
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GROVER, Elizabeth Bridget
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Sister
AANS Born Kogeneh, WA Daughter of William GROVER and Bridget Mary nee NOONAN Age 39 years Enlisted 12 June 1915 Embarked 23 July 1915 Transport duty from Suez to Australia per “Suevic” Service Egypt, Salonika, and England Promoted to Sister 01 September 1917 Returned to Australia 07 February 1919 per “Lancashire” On Duty Appointment Terminated 12 July 1919 Did not marry Died 1973 in WA |
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GRUBB, Laura
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Staff Nurse
AANS Born 1885 in Georgetown, Launceston, Tas. Daughter of George Frederick GRUBB and Catherine nee McCARRON Enlisted 18 May 1917 in Launceston, Tas. Embarked 12 June 1917 Appointment terminated 17 July 1919 Married Richard Thomas PUGH in Perth WA in 1922 Died 30 August 1979 in WA Aged 94 years Resided Carlisle, WA Buried Karrakatta Cemetery Anglican BA 0527 www.awm.gov.au P02198.004 |
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GRYLLS, Florence Emily
Staff Nurse
AANS
Born 1888 in Bendigo, Vic
Daughter of John GRYLLS and Elizabeth Patience nee WEARNE
Address Marks St. Bendigo, Vic
Age 29 years
Training Bendigo General Hospital
Enlisted 20 June 1917
Embarked 30 June 1917 per “Somali” at Melbourne
Service in Bombay
Returned to Australia per “City of Cairo” 28 December 1919
Appointment Terminated 17 January 1920
As at 12 August 1952 Miss Florence Emily GRYLLS was put upon by being mistaken for a Miss Florence May GRYLLS of dubious character.
Did not marry
Died 19 April 1962 in Heidelberg, Vic.
Resided Fitzroy, Vic.
AANS
Born 1888 in Bendigo, Vic
Daughter of John GRYLLS and Elizabeth Patience nee WEARNE
Address Marks St. Bendigo, Vic
Age 29 years
Training Bendigo General Hospital
Enlisted 20 June 1917
Embarked 30 June 1917 per “Somali” at Melbourne
Service in Bombay
Returned to Australia per “City of Cairo” 28 December 1919
Appointment Terminated 17 January 1920
As at 12 August 1952 Miss Florence Emily GRYLLS was put upon by being mistaken for a Miss Florence May GRYLLS of dubious character.
Did not marry
Died 19 April 1962 in Heidelberg, Vic.
Resided Fitzroy, Vic.
