RICH, Ruby Sophia
Sister
Royal Army Nursing Reserve
Born 28 June 1888 in Walgett NSW
Daughter of Louis RICH and Ada nee BEBARFALD
Married Moise Aaron SCHALIT in 1937
Died 10 May 1988 at Bondi, NSW
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PRISONERS IN GERMANY.
LETTER FROM A NURSE.
Miss Ruby Rich, the well-known pianist, daughter of Mr. Louis Rich, of Sydney, placed her services as nurse at the disposal of the Imperial military authorities on the out break of war, and is now attached to the Royal Army Nursing Reserve. Writing to her father from Zurich on June I, Nurse Rich says:-"I came down here to get our first lot of Tommies who have been prisoners in Germany go through on their way to Chateau D'Oex. Four hundred passed on Monday night, and 150 on Friday, and also some French dangerously wounded were in the train on their way to France. We collected 600 francs in Davos to send comforts to those men in Chateau D'Oex, and 50 francs of this was spent on fruit, which we gave the men in the trains. They told us they had not seen any during their captivity in Germany. The majority looked very ill, but in spite of the sufferings they had endured while prisoners they were bright and jolly. One told us all about the Witten-berg typhoid scandal, when the German doctors cleared out and left the prisoners without attention, and as ho had not seen an English paper since be had been captured his version of the callousness of the German medical men was ample corroborative proof of what has already been published.
"The reception was the biggest ever given to any belligerent wounded passing through Zurich, as many Swiss who are supposed to have made their fortune in our colonies were down at the station handing out presents, etc. The enthusiasm was tremendous, and all the carriage windows wore gay with flowers, handed to the men at other stations down the line. All the men told the same story, to the effect that if their friends had not sent them presents of food while they were prisoners of war they would have starved. They kept reiterating statements of the cruel treatment they were subjected to, and yet in spite of it all they were as merry as schoolboys off for a holiday. It did one's heart good to see them, and now, after my brief holiday, I am only too anxious to get back to my bandages."
The Sydney Morning Herald Monday 17 July 1916 page 5
Royal Army Nursing Reserve
Born 28 June 1888 in Walgett NSW
Daughter of Louis RICH and Ada nee BEBARFALD
Married Moise Aaron SCHALIT in 1937
Died 10 May 1988 at Bondi, NSW
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PRISONERS IN GERMANY.
LETTER FROM A NURSE.
Miss Ruby Rich, the well-known pianist, daughter of Mr. Louis Rich, of Sydney, placed her services as nurse at the disposal of the Imperial military authorities on the out break of war, and is now attached to the Royal Army Nursing Reserve. Writing to her father from Zurich on June I, Nurse Rich says:-"I came down here to get our first lot of Tommies who have been prisoners in Germany go through on their way to Chateau D'Oex. Four hundred passed on Monday night, and 150 on Friday, and also some French dangerously wounded were in the train on their way to France. We collected 600 francs in Davos to send comforts to those men in Chateau D'Oex, and 50 francs of this was spent on fruit, which we gave the men in the trains. They told us they had not seen any during their captivity in Germany. The majority looked very ill, but in spite of the sufferings they had endured while prisoners they were bright and jolly. One told us all about the Witten-berg typhoid scandal, when the German doctors cleared out and left the prisoners without attention, and as ho had not seen an English paper since be had been captured his version of the callousness of the German medical men was ample corroborative proof of what has already been published.
"The reception was the biggest ever given to any belligerent wounded passing through Zurich, as many Swiss who are supposed to have made their fortune in our colonies were down at the station handing out presents, etc. The enthusiasm was tremendous, and all the carriage windows wore gay with flowers, handed to the men at other stations down the line. All the men told the same story, to the effect that if their friends had not sent them presents of food while they were prisoners of war they would have starved. They kept reiterating statements of the cruel treatment they were subjected to, and yet in spite of it all they were as merry as schoolboys off for a holiday. It did one's heart good to see them, and now, after my brief holiday, I am only too anxious to get back to my bandages."
The Sydney Morning Herald Monday 17 July 1916 page 5
RICHARDS, Christina
Staff Nurse
AANS
Born 1888 at Barkstead near Ballarat, Vic.
Daughter of Edward RICHARDS and Esther nee STOCK
Age 28 years
Enlisted 27 November 1916
Embarked 06 December 1916 in Melbourne per “Orsova”
Service in France, England and on hospital ship “Runic”
Resigned appointment in England due to marriage 27 February 1918
Married Alexander David HOLLYHOKE in 1918
Died 25 February 1960 in Geelong, Vic.
Late of Ocean Grove, Vic.
AANS
Born 1888 at Barkstead near Ballarat, Vic.
Daughter of Edward RICHARDS and Esther nee STOCK
Age 28 years
Enlisted 27 November 1916
Embarked 06 December 1916 in Melbourne per “Orsova”
Service in France, England and on hospital ship “Runic”
Resigned appointment in England due to marriage 27 February 1918
Married Alexander David HOLLYHOKE in 1918
Died 25 February 1960 in Geelong, Vic.
Late of Ocean Grove, Vic.
RICHARDS, Doris Gertrude
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Staff Nurse
AANS Born 1888 in Maitland, NSW Daughter of Henry Boyne BROWN and Ethel France Calvert nee JAMES Age 27 years Training at Geelong Hospital Enlisted 17 June 1915 Embarked 17 June 1915 per “Wandilla” Service in Egypt Resigned appointment 08 June 1916 in Egypt due to marriage Married Eric Vansittart Ernest NEILL in Cairo, Egypt in 1917 Repatriation contact 27 April 1959 Died 24 October 1971 in Brighton, Vic. Photograph Table Talk Thursday 17 June 1915 page 3 |
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RICHARDS, Ettie Florence Annie
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Staff Nurse
AANS Born 1886 in Illabrook, Vic. Daughter of Henry James Germaine RICHARDS and Clara Annie nee PARKER Niece of A PARKER Age 31 years Training Alfred Hospital, Melbourne Enlisted 20 April 1917 Embarked 29 May 1917 in Melbourne per “Khiva” Service in India Invalided to Australia (general debility and oedema) 11 August 1918 per “Sangola” Discharged Medically Unfit 04 December 1918 Repatriation contact 27 January 1960 Married William Edward WRIGHT in 1942 in NSW Died 12 June 1967 in Parkes, NSW Late of Parkes, NSW |
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MISS E. F. A. RICHARDS.
Miss Richards, who will arrive in Katoomba tomorrow, was trained at Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, and received her obstetric training at Crown Street, Sydney. She had over four years' war service, and for two years was a Sister at Bodington. At the Home she was popular with management, staff, and patients, receiving a send-off and several presentations on leaving to go to Waminula Hospital. On completion of her service at the Island, she accepted the matronship of Jerilderie District Hospital, where she was equally well liked. Miss Richards is blessed with a cheerful personality; she is bright and optimistic, and should fill the position to a nicety, She is enthusiastic in her work, and takes a kind personal interest in her patients. In fact, the first matron of the Mountains Hospital possesses all the qualifications to contribute materially in the successful conduct of the young institution.
The Blue Mountains Echo Friday 08 April 1927 page 5
Miss Richards, who will arrive in Katoomba tomorrow, was trained at Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, and received her obstetric training at Crown Street, Sydney. She had over four years' war service, and for two years was a Sister at Bodington. At the Home she was popular with management, staff, and patients, receiving a send-off and several presentations on leaving to go to Waminula Hospital. On completion of her service at the Island, she accepted the matronship of Jerilderie District Hospital, where she was equally well liked. Miss Richards is blessed with a cheerful personality; she is bright and optimistic, and should fill the position to a nicety, She is enthusiastic in her work, and takes a kind personal interest in her patients. In fact, the first matron of the Mountains Hospital possesses all the qualifications to contribute materially in the successful conduct of the young institution.
The Blue Mountains Echo Friday 08 April 1927 page 5
Sister Ettie Richards, 34th Welsh General Hospital, Deolai, India, writes to Miss Smith :—Thanks so much for papers, etc. We always look forward to getting the mail, and it is very irregular. I like being here. It is quite in the country. No shops, but a native bazaar, and snakes in plenty. We have been nursing Turkish prisoners, very good patients. They have all gone to an-internment camp, and some of them cried like children when they left. I send a snapshot of them. We were in Bombay for a week, and I saw Sister Howarth, of Ballarat. She is married, and settled in Bombay.
Berringa Herald Saturday 26 January 1918 page 3
Berringa Herald Saturday 26 January 1918 page 3
RICHARDS, Lilian
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Staff Nurse
AANS Born 1877 in Glamorgan, Wales Daughter of Thomas Llewellayn RICHARDS and Emily nee DAVIES Sister to Mrs. Gertrude TAYLOR Age 30 years Training Launceston General Hospital Enlisted 03 November 1914 Embarked 05 December 1914 per “Kyarra” Hospitalized upon disembarkation in Egypt, no service record Invalided to Australia 15 July 1915 per “Kyarra” Medical discharge (coccygodynia – lower back problems) 31 August 1915 Married Harold John STEWART in 1920 Died 28 May 1955 in Vic. Late of Toorak, Vic. Cremated Springvale Botanical Cemetery 31 May 1955 and remains scattered Photograph Table Talk Thursday 26 November 1914 page 3 |
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RICHARDS, Marjorie Nicholas
Staff Nurse
AANS
Born 10 December 1989 Maitland, NSW
Daughter of Henry Boyne BROWN and Ethel Fraser Calvert nee JAMES now Mrs. Ethel LEWIS
Sister to Doris RICHARDS - AANS
Address “Sunnyside” Barron Heads, Vic
Age 28 years
Enlisted 12 October 1918
Embarked 14 October 1918 in Sydney per “Wyreema”
Service in Salonika
Returned to Australia per “Wyreema” 23 December 1918
Appointment Terminated 04 January 1919
Did not marry
Repatriation contact 09 April 1959
Died 08 January 1966 in Geelong, Vic.
Late of Barwon Heads, Vic.
AANS
Born 10 December 1989 Maitland, NSW
Daughter of Henry Boyne BROWN and Ethel Fraser Calvert nee JAMES now Mrs. Ethel LEWIS
Sister to Doris RICHARDS - AANS
Address “Sunnyside” Barron Heads, Vic
Age 28 years
Enlisted 12 October 1918
Embarked 14 October 1918 in Sydney per “Wyreema”
Service in Salonika
Returned to Australia per “Wyreema” 23 December 1918
Appointment Terminated 04 January 1919
Did not marry
Repatriation contact 09 April 1959
Died 08 January 1966 in Geelong, Vic.
Late of Barwon Heads, Vic.
RICHARDS, Stella Victoria
Staff Nurse
AANS
Born 12 October 1884 at Semaphore, SA
Daughter of Charles Gardiner Fowler RICHARDS and Sarah Ann nee JAMES
Age 34 years
Training at James Town Hospital
Date of Appointment 09 September 1918
Volunteered to nurse influenza in WA
Left by train 21 December 1918
Returned by train 01 March 1919
Duty at Adelaide Isolation Hospital
Demobilized 11 July 1919
Married Goodwin George Swain SIMM
Died 19 February 1976 in Moonta, SA
Cremated Centennial Park Cemetery 21 February 1976
AANS
Born 12 October 1884 at Semaphore, SA
Daughter of Charles Gardiner Fowler RICHARDS and Sarah Ann nee JAMES
Age 34 years
Training at James Town Hospital
Date of Appointment 09 September 1918
Volunteered to nurse influenza in WA
Left by train 21 December 1918
Returned by train 01 March 1919
Duty at Adelaide Isolation Hospital
Demobilized 11 July 1919
Married Goodwin George Swain SIMM
Died 19 February 1976 in Moonta, SA
Cremated Centennial Park Cemetery 21 February 1976
RICHARDSON, Ada Francis Tracy
Staff Nurse
AANS
Born 18 August 1879 in Williamstown, Vic.
Daughter of Henry Francis Foster Tracy RICHARDSON and Louisa nee JOSEPH
Sister of Ethel Tracy RICHARDSON
Age 37 years
Training Austin Hospital
Enlisted 17 July 1917
Embarked 31 August 1917 in Sydney per “Wiltshire”
Service in Egypt
Returned to Australia 12 July 1918 per “Port Darwin”
Appointment terminated 19 February 1919
Married Hector STOOKE in 1929
Died 15 August 1929 in Glenhuntly, Vic.
Late of Glenhuntly, Vic.
Buried 16 August 1929 in Springvale Botanical Cemetery Church of England Compartment R Section 12 Grave 31
Mrs Ada Francis Tracy Stooke. who died yesterday at her home, "Garty-mace," Glenhuntly, was formerly Sister Tracy Richardson, the nursing sister of the Public Health Department. She enlisted when the war broke out and served with the Australians in Egypt. She was a sister of Mrs Attawill, of the Western District, formerly Matron-in-Chief E. T. Richardson, who served in England and at headquarters in Australia, and of Captain Henry Tracy Richardson, of Warrnambool. The burial took place today in the Spring Vale Cemetery.
AANS
Born 18 August 1879 in Williamstown, Vic.
Daughter of Henry Francis Foster Tracy RICHARDSON and Louisa nee JOSEPH
Sister of Ethel Tracy RICHARDSON
Age 37 years
Training Austin Hospital
Enlisted 17 July 1917
Embarked 31 August 1917 in Sydney per “Wiltshire”
Service in Egypt
Returned to Australia 12 July 1918 per “Port Darwin”
Appointment terminated 19 February 1919
Married Hector STOOKE in 1929
Died 15 August 1929 in Glenhuntly, Vic.
Late of Glenhuntly, Vic.
Buried 16 August 1929 in Springvale Botanical Cemetery Church of England Compartment R Section 12 Grave 31
Mrs Ada Francis Tracy Stooke. who died yesterday at her home, "Garty-mace," Glenhuntly, was formerly Sister Tracy Richardson, the nursing sister of the Public Health Department. She enlisted when the war broke out and served with the Australians in Egypt. She was a sister of Mrs Attawill, of the Western District, formerly Matron-in-Chief E. T. Richardson, who served in England and at headquarters in Australia, and of Captain Henry Tracy Richardson, of Warrnambool. The burial took place today in the Spring Vale Cemetery.
RICHARDSON, Dorothy
Staff Nurse
AANS
Born Hull, England
Possibly Daughter of Robert RICHARDSON and Margaret nee NICHOLSON born 1880 in Hull, England
Arrived in Australia 1913 as a nurse
Next of kin Edward WARD (friend)
Age 36 years
Enlisted 03 September 1917
Embarked 09 November 1918 in Sydney per “Wiltshire”
Service India
Appendicitis November 1919 operated in India
Attack of paratyphoid and general anemia
Returned to Australia 01 December 1919 per “Medic”
Undergoing continued treatment in Australia
Discharged medically unfit 04 May 1921
AANS
Born Hull, England
Possibly Daughter of Robert RICHARDSON and Margaret nee NICHOLSON born 1880 in Hull, England
Arrived in Australia 1913 as a nurse
Next of kin Edward WARD (friend)
Age 36 years
Enlisted 03 September 1917
Embarked 09 November 1918 in Sydney per “Wiltshire”
Service India
Appendicitis November 1919 operated in India
Attack of paratyphoid and general anemia
Returned to Australia 01 December 1919 per “Medic”
Undergoing continued treatment in Australia
Discharged medically unfit 04 May 1921
RICHARDSON, Edith
Staff Nurse
AANS
Born 21 November 1883 in Maryborough, Qld.
Third daughter of Peter RICHARDSON and Jane Ann nee CRAN
Grand daughter of Robert and Elspeth Cran
Age 33 years
Enlisted 19 May 1917
Embarked 26 May 1917 in Sydney per “Khiva”
Disembarked at Bombay, India 18 June 1917
Posted to 34th Welsh General Hospital, Deolali 25 June 1917
Embarked at Bombay for return to Australia 18 November 1918
Returned to Australia 28 February 1919 per “City of Cairo”
Appointment Terminated 15 November 1919
Did not marry
Died 1976 in Qld.
Photographs courtesy of Jan Russell
AANS
Born 21 November 1883 in Maryborough, Qld.
Third daughter of Peter RICHARDSON and Jane Ann nee CRAN
Grand daughter of Robert and Elspeth Cran
Age 33 years
Enlisted 19 May 1917
Embarked 26 May 1917 in Sydney per “Khiva”
Disembarked at Bombay, India 18 June 1917
Posted to 34th Welsh General Hospital, Deolali 25 June 1917
Embarked at Bombay for return to Australia 18 November 1918
Returned to Australia 28 February 1919 per “City of Cairo”
Appointment Terminated 15 November 1919
Did not marry
Died 1976 in Qld.
Photographs courtesy of Jan Russell
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RICHARDSON, Elsie Haywood
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Staff Nurse/Sister
AANS Born 05 October 1883 in Tamworth, NSW Daughter of Arthur Haywood RICHARDSON and Harriet Amelia nee BROWN Age 34 years Enlisted 20 July 1915 at Fremantle, WA Embarked 22 July 1915 Service in Egypt and France Contacted Pneumonia and Laryngitis sent to Australia for recuperation Returned to Australia 14 August 1917 per “Borda” Discharged 26 November 1917 Re-enlisted and embarked 16 October 1918 in Fremantle per “Malta” Service in India Promoted to Sister 25 October 1918 Returned to Australia 01 October 1919 per “Plassy” Appointment Terminated 07 November 1919 Died November 1937 at Albany, NSW Photograph Courtesy of Faye Threlfall WW1 Australian and New Zealand Nurses |
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Late Sister Richardson
Done Active Service
The late Sister Richardson was born in Tamworth, New South Wales, 54 years ago, the eldest child of the late Arthur Haywood Richardson and Mrs. Richardson, of "Cooriup," Middleton Road, Albany. She was educated in Western Australia and New South Wales, and commenced her nursing training at the Perth, Public Hospital, completing it at the Tamworth Hospital. She served in various Hospitals in New South Wales and Western Australia, and volunteered shortly after the outbreak of war in 1914 for service overseas with the A.A.M.C.,and was drafted to Egypt in July, 1915, where she served with the 2nd A.G.H. at Mena House, near Cairo, adjacent to the Australian camp at the Pyramids. In March, 1916, she went to France with the 2nd A.G.H.,but later transferred temporarily to a British Hospital, rejoining the Australian Hospital later in the year. She was invalided home late in 1917, and was discharged as medically unfit, but after resting for six months, she rejoined the Service, and served for some time at the Base Hospital, Fremantle. She then volunteered for service in India, and sailed from Fremantle in October, 1918, reaching Madras on Armistice Day. She served at a military Hospital in India until the end of 1919, part of the time being Acting Matron. Those were troublous times, and the night sister had to have an armed escort with her when she did her rounds. Sister Richardson returned to Western Australia at the end of 1919, the holder of the 1914-15 Star, the General Service Medal and the Victory Medal, but with her health broken. Apart from a little private nursing, she was unable to practice her profession after the war, and settled down to live with her parents at Albany. She found an outlet for her energy in community service and was foundation Secretary of the Albany Infant Health Association, Secretary of the Women's Rest House Committee, a member of the Country Women's Association, and Instructor in home nursing and first aid to the St. John Ambulance Association. Church work also occupied a considerable part of her time, and she was a loyal member of the congregation of St. John's Church. During the last two years, however, the state of her health had been such that she had had to relinquish all her activities. Her death will be regretted by a very wide circle of friends.
The funeral of the late Sister Elsie Haywood Richardson took place in the Church of England Cemetery, Albany, last Tuesday, after a service at St. John's Church. Rev. Canon A. E. White officiated at the Church and the Cemetery.
The funeral, which was semi-military in character, left the Church at 3 o'clock, headed by the Albany V.F.B. Band playing the Dead March, and a detachment of members of the Albany Sub-Branch of the RS.L., led by the President, Mr. E. Y. Butler, S.M. Other returned soldiers acted as pallbearers beside the flower laden hearse. The coffin was covered with an Australian ensign, on which were laid the deceased's red cape and white hood, and her war service decorations.
Albany Advertiser Thursday 11 November 1937 page 6
Done Active Service
The late Sister Richardson was born in Tamworth, New South Wales, 54 years ago, the eldest child of the late Arthur Haywood Richardson and Mrs. Richardson, of "Cooriup," Middleton Road, Albany. She was educated in Western Australia and New South Wales, and commenced her nursing training at the Perth, Public Hospital, completing it at the Tamworth Hospital. She served in various Hospitals in New South Wales and Western Australia, and volunteered shortly after the outbreak of war in 1914 for service overseas with the A.A.M.C.,and was drafted to Egypt in July, 1915, where she served with the 2nd A.G.H. at Mena House, near Cairo, adjacent to the Australian camp at the Pyramids. In March, 1916, she went to France with the 2nd A.G.H.,but later transferred temporarily to a British Hospital, rejoining the Australian Hospital later in the year. She was invalided home late in 1917, and was discharged as medically unfit, but after resting for six months, she rejoined the Service, and served for some time at the Base Hospital, Fremantle. She then volunteered for service in India, and sailed from Fremantle in October, 1918, reaching Madras on Armistice Day. She served at a military Hospital in India until the end of 1919, part of the time being Acting Matron. Those were troublous times, and the night sister had to have an armed escort with her when she did her rounds. Sister Richardson returned to Western Australia at the end of 1919, the holder of the 1914-15 Star, the General Service Medal and the Victory Medal, but with her health broken. Apart from a little private nursing, she was unable to practice her profession after the war, and settled down to live with her parents at Albany. She found an outlet for her energy in community service and was foundation Secretary of the Albany Infant Health Association, Secretary of the Women's Rest House Committee, a member of the Country Women's Association, and Instructor in home nursing and first aid to the St. John Ambulance Association. Church work also occupied a considerable part of her time, and she was a loyal member of the congregation of St. John's Church. During the last two years, however, the state of her health had been such that she had had to relinquish all her activities. Her death will be regretted by a very wide circle of friends.
The funeral of the late Sister Elsie Haywood Richardson took place in the Church of England Cemetery, Albany, last Tuesday, after a service at St. John's Church. Rev. Canon A. E. White officiated at the Church and the Cemetery.
The funeral, which was semi-military in character, left the Church at 3 o'clock, headed by the Albany V.F.B. Band playing the Dead March, and a detachment of members of the Albany Sub-Branch of the RS.L., led by the President, Mr. E. Y. Butler, S.M. Other returned soldiers acted as pallbearers beside the flower laden hearse. The coffin was covered with an Australian ensign, on which were laid the deceased's red cape and white hood, and her war service decorations.
Albany Advertiser Thursday 11 November 1937 page 6
RICHARDSON, Ethel Tracey
Matron
AANS Daughter of Henry Francis Foster Tracy RICHARDSON and Louisa nee JOSEPH Sister to nurses Ada Francis Tracy RICHARDSON and Jessie Tracy RICHARDSON Enlisted 03 November 1914 Embarked 05 December 1914 Appointment terminated 07 May 1916 Married 14 December 1921 Walter Edward ATTIWILL at St Mary's Anglican Church, Caulfield, Melbourne, Died 08 November 1942 Late of Malvern, Vic. Buried Springvale Botanical Cemetery Church of England Compartment R Section 15 Grave 31 www.awm.gov.au H06179 |
Awarded Royal Red Cross (1st Class)
Date of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 25 July 1917
Location in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: Page 1544, position 18
Date of London Gazette: 23 February 1917
Location in London Gazette: Page 1948, position 2
Date of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 25 July 1917
Location in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: Page 1544, position 18
Date of London Gazette: 23 February 1917
Location in London Gazette: Page 1948, position 2
Miss E.T. Richardson (Matron in Chief) receiving the Royal Red Cross 1st Class
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MRS W. E. ATTIWILL
Mrs W. E. Attiwill, who as Sister Ethel Tracy Richardson accompanied the first batch of Australian nurses to England in the last war, returning to Australia early in 1915 to become matron-in-chief of the Australian Nursing Services, died in a private hospital in Melbourne yesterday, after a long illness. For her fine work in the war she was awarded the Royal Red Cross. Her husband predeceased her. The funeral will leave Drayton and Garson's chapel, High st, Malvern, at 2.20 o'clock this afternoon for Springvale Cemetery. The Argus Monday 9 November 1942 page 3 Ethel Tracy Richardson (1877-1942), nursing sister and army matron-in-chief, was born on 8 August 1877 in South Melbourne, eldest of five surviving children of English-born Henry Francis Foster Richardson, accountant and later civil servant, and his Tasmanian wife Louisa, formerly Brewen, née Joseph. The Richardsons claimed descent from an old Huguenot family attached to the court of Louis XIV, also from the family of De Tracy, courtiers to Elizabeth I. |
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After training at the Austin and (Royal) Women's hospitals, Melbourne, Miss Richardson was matron for nine years at Sunbury Hospital for the Insane. On 3 November 1914 she was appointed to the Australian Army Nursing Service, Australian Imperial Force, and embarked for Egypt as a sister with the 1st Australian General Hospital in December. After serving with 1st A.G.H. at Heliopolis, she returned to Australia in July 1915 as matron-in-charge of the Kyarra, the first hospital ship returning home with wounded soldiers; she re-embarked from Melbourne in August.
Transferred to England, Sister Richardson served at No.1 Australian Auxiliary Hospital (Harefield) before being recalled to Australia in April 1916; her A.I.F. appointment was terminated on 7 May. Next day she was appointed matron-in-chief on the staff of the director general of medical services at Army Headquarters, Melbourne, on home service. She was the first person to occupy this demanding position, which required great organizational and administrative abilities. Matron Richardson supervised the mobilization and administration of the A.A.N.S. within Australia, and in hospital ships and sea transport, and later organized the demobilization of the A.A.N.S. In 1917 she was awarded the Royal Red Cross, 1st class, in recognition of her wartime service; her appointment ended on 10 March 1920.
Ethel Richardson married Walter Edward Attiwill, a station manager from Hexham, Victoria, at St Mary's Anglican Church, Caulfield, Melbourne, on 14 December 1921. They lived at Hexham until 1927, when, after the death of her husband, she settled at Caulfield. Her interests were painting in oils and membership of the Returned Nurses' Club.
In 1937, after a severe stroke, Ethel Attiwill entered Waiora Private Hospital, East Malvern. Survived by a brother and two sisters, she died there on 8 November 1942 and was buried in Springvale cemetery.
by Perditta M. McCarthy
This article was published in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 11, (MUP), 1988
Transferred to England, Sister Richardson served at No.1 Australian Auxiliary Hospital (Harefield) before being recalled to Australia in April 1916; her A.I.F. appointment was terminated on 7 May. Next day she was appointed matron-in-chief on the staff of the director general of medical services at Army Headquarters, Melbourne, on home service. She was the first person to occupy this demanding position, which required great organizational and administrative abilities. Matron Richardson supervised the mobilization and administration of the A.A.N.S. within Australia, and in hospital ships and sea transport, and later organized the demobilization of the A.A.N.S. In 1917 she was awarded the Royal Red Cross, 1st class, in recognition of her wartime service; her appointment ended on 10 March 1920.
Ethel Richardson married Walter Edward Attiwill, a station manager from Hexham, Victoria, at St Mary's Anglican Church, Caulfield, Melbourne, on 14 December 1921. They lived at Hexham until 1927, when, after the death of her husband, she settled at Caulfield. Her interests were painting in oils and membership of the Returned Nurses' Club.
In 1937, after a severe stroke, Ethel Attiwill entered Waiora Private Hospital, East Malvern. Survived by a brother and two sisters, she died there on 8 November 1942 and was buried in Springvale cemetery.
by Perditta M. McCarthy
This article was published in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 11, (MUP), 1988
RICHARDSON, Evelyn Irene S
Staff Nurse
AANS
Born 14 January 1886 in Liverpool, NSW
Daughter of William Triffin RICHARDSON and Sarah nee GRAHAM
Age 32 years
Enlisted 16 January 1918
Embarked 23 January 1918 in Melbourne per “Karoola”
Service documents not found
Appointment terminated 08 March 1919
Awarded OBE(C), 1946 Matron of Austin Hospital, Victoria
Did not marry
Died 01 August 1960 in Vic.
Aged 75 years
Late of St. Kilda, Vic.
Cremated Springvale Botanical Cemetery and ashes scattered
AANS
Born 14 January 1886 in Liverpool, NSW
Daughter of William Triffin RICHARDSON and Sarah nee GRAHAM
Age 32 years
Enlisted 16 January 1918
Embarked 23 January 1918 in Melbourne per “Karoola”
Service documents not found
Appointment terminated 08 March 1919
Awarded OBE(C), 1946 Matron of Austin Hospital, Victoria
Did not marry
Died 01 August 1960 in Vic.
Aged 75 years
Late of St. Kilda, Vic.
Cremated Springvale Botanical Cemetery and ashes scattered
Matron Looks Back
When Matron Evelyn Richardson began her training at Austin Hospital, Melbourne, in 1913, she was handed a length of material and told to have her own uniform made. Since then she has seen nurses' weekly hours on duty reduced from more than 60 to 40, and a trainee's salary increased from 4/10 to £2/17/ a week. Miss Richardson, who was awarded the O.B.E. in 1945, retired on Wednesday after ten years as matron at the hospital, with which she had been associated for 37 years. She had to pay a premium of £15 to do her midwifery course in her first nursing years. (Midwifery nurses are paid £6 a week now). She said in Melbourne yesterday that her work at Austin, although sometimes sad and without the glamour of other hospitals, had been most rewarding. Drugs like the sulpha group, streptomyecin and penicillin were now effecting cures that in the early days of nursing would not have been possible.
The West Australian (Perth) Saturday 25 February 1950 page 27
When Matron Evelyn Richardson began her training at Austin Hospital, Melbourne, in 1913, she was handed a length of material and told to have her own uniform made. Since then she has seen nurses' weekly hours on duty reduced from more than 60 to 40, and a trainee's salary increased from 4/10 to £2/17/ a week. Miss Richardson, who was awarded the O.B.E. in 1945, retired on Wednesday after ten years as matron at the hospital, with which she had been associated for 37 years. She had to pay a premium of £15 to do her midwifery course in her first nursing years. (Midwifery nurses are paid £6 a week now). She said in Melbourne yesterday that her work at Austin, although sometimes sad and without the glamour of other hospitals, had been most rewarding. Drugs like the sulpha group, streptomyecin and penicillin were now effecting cures that in the early days of nursing would not have been possible.
The West Australian (Perth) Saturday 25 February 1950 page 27
RICHARDSON, Jessie Tracy
Sister
AANS
Born Malvern, Vic.
Daughter of Henry Francis Foster Tracy RICHARDSON and Louisa nee JOSEPH
Of 'Hazelhurst' Malvern Road, Toorak, Vic.
Enlisted 17 August 1916
Aged 28 years
Embarked 22 August 1916
Embarked for Bombay India 11 July 1917 per 'Malwa'
Disembarked Alexandria 04 August 1917
Served in Salonika
Embarked for Australia per 'Leicestershire' 22 January 1919
Discharged as medically unfit 01 March 1919
Married Vernon Hardwick SIRCOM
Stillborn daughter born 15 September 1921
Died 02 May 1965 in Vic.
Late of Caulfield, Vic.
Buried 04 May 1965 at Springvale Botanical Cemetery Melaleuca, Wall L Niche 65
AANS
Born Malvern, Vic.
Daughter of Henry Francis Foster Tracy RICHARDSON and Louisa nee JOSEPH
Of 'Hazelhurst' Malvern Road, Toorak, Vic.
Enlisted 17 August 1916
Aged 28 years
Embarked 22 August 1916
Embarked for Bombay India 11 July 1917 per 'Malwa'
Disembarked Alexandria 04 August 1917
Served in Salonika
Embarked for Australia per 'Leicestershire' 22 January 1919
Discharged as medically unfit 01 March 1919
Married Vernon Hardwick SIRCOM
Stillborn daughter born 15 September 1921
Died 02 May 1965 in Vic.
Late of Caulfield, Vic.
Buried 04 May 1965 at Springvale Botanical Cemetery Melaleuca, Wall L Niche 65
RICHMOND, Daisy Donaldson
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Sister
AANS Born 03 March 1883 in Maitland, SA Daughter of Frederick RICHMOND and Mary Matilda Gray nee DONALDSON Of Rectory, West Goulburn, NSW Enlisted 24 November 1914 Aged 31 years Embarked 28 November 1914 from Sydney per 'Kyarra' Appointment terminated 07 January 1920 Did not marry Died 03 December 1969 in Hunter's Hill, NSW www.awm.gov.au P10871.003 |
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Mentioned in despatches
Date of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 21 September 1916
Location in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: Page 2624, position 56
Date of London Gazette: 21 June 1916
Location in London Gazette: Page 6184, position 48
Date of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 21 September 1916
Location in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: Page 2624, position 56
Date of London Gazette: 21 June 1916
Location in London Gazette: Page 6184, position 48
Mentioned in Despatches
Date of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 21 September 1916
Location in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: Page 2621, position 19
Date of London Gazette: 5 May 1916
Location in London Gazette: Page 4519, position 5
Date of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 21 September 1916
Location in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: Page 2621, position 19
Date of London Gazette: 5 May 1916
Location in London Gazette: Page 4519, position 5
Awarded Royal Red Cross 2nd Class
Date of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 21 September 1916
Location in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: Page 2621, position 10
Date of London Gazette: 2 May 1916
Location in London Gazette: Page 4429, position 4
Date of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 21 September 1916
Location in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: Page 2621, position 10
Date of London Gazette: 2 May 1916
Location in London Gazette: Page 4429, position 4
Another lady connected with Kapunda, Nurse D. Donaldson Richmond, granddaughter of a former rector of Christ Church, has also won the Royal Red Cross, second class, and the following interesting account bas been forwarded to us:—"About three years ago Nurse D. D. Richmond delighted some of her mother's old friends by paying a flying visit to Kapuuda as her boat lay in Port Adelaide on its way to Melbourne. Nurse Richmond was returning from a visit to Western Australia, having just completed her training at the Sydney public Hospital. She was en route for Melbourne to take a further course of training there. That finished, she was at once called to the position of matron in the town of Burrowa, N.S.W., where her father had formerly been rector. She was at her post in Burrowa when the war began,and so soon as it was possible to make arrangements to leave she offered her services to the Empire. She was accepted and went on duty at once. She was at Lemaos Island at the time of the landing of the Australians at the Dardanelles, her ship being ordered to proceed to the scene of action at once. She wrote : -• You can hardly realize what war is unless you are in the thick of it as we are now (she was writing from Alexandria). It is not quite as bad as it was at first—then we were almost in the firing line and saw all that could be seen through field glasses.' There is one touch in a letter of hers to the Nurses' Journal which speaks for itself. She with many other nurses was attending to the wounded and suffering on the transport from the Dardanelles to Alexandria, and remarked, ' We have to go on deck every now and then and get a few moments of fresh air before returning to our work.' She was on transport duty in that locality until shortly before the evacuation of the Dardanelles when she went to England with the wounded. Then she had a three weeks' run through part of Scotland and Wales, and though it rained nearly all the time she said, ' We were very glad to see as much as we did.' Back to Alexandria she there received a message to be ready in 48 hours to accompany a hospital ship to Sydney. A fortnight in her own home and another in Randwick Hospital and she completed her stay in Australia, which was marked by the knowledge that the King had been pleased to bestow the military decoration of the Royal Red Cross, second class, upon her and several others. She modestly says in reference to the honour,' Another girl and I who work together on the have been awarded the military decoration of the Royal Red Cross and coming as it did quite unexpectedly were very pleased. Many who have not the honour have, I am sure, deserved it more than we, only we, I suppose, in some way came more under notice." The writer of these notes says, " I think Sister Richmond obtained the decoration partly for conspicuous bravery. She was in a hospital ship off the Dardanelles the only nurse on duty at night when the Turks turned a machine gun on the ship. The nurse went quietly on with her work regardless of the shells flying around. One soldier whose leg she was dressing was hit, but she did not relax her efforts till the ship was moved into safety." Sister Richmond hopes to be out in Sydney periodically with wounded and returning soldiers.
Kapunda Herald Friday 09 June 1916 page 2
NURSE'S PROUD RECORD
Sister Richmond, who is the travelling organiser for the Bush Nursing Association, and who was recently in the Goulburn district, is a distinguished personality. She served in Egypt, Gallipoli, and France, also in England during, the War. Afterwards she was the director of a Department of Health in Tasmania for six years. For her service in the War she received at the hands of the King the R.R.C. decoration. She is a daughter of the Rev. F.Richmond, formerly well known in the Boorowa district, who is 91 years of age.
The Burrowa News Friday 22 June 1934 page 2
Kapunda Herald Friday 09 June 1916 page 2
NURSE'S PROUD RECORD
Sister Richmond, who is the travelling organiser for the Bush Nursing Association, and who was recently in the Goulburn district, is a distinguished personality. She served in Egypt, Gallipoli, and France, also in England during, the War. Afterwards she was the director of a Department of Health in Tasmania for six years. For her service in the War she received at the hands of the King the R.R.C. decoration. She is a daughter of the Rev. F.Richmond, formerly well known in the Boorowa district, who is 91 years of age.
The Burrowa News Friday 22 June 1934 page 2
RICKETTS, Blanche Lily
Sister
AANS
Born 1881 in Brunswick, Melbourne, Vic.
Daughter of George RICKETTS and Helen Blanche nee QUICK
Age 34 years
Enlisted 16 August 1916 in Melbourne, Vic.
Embarked 22 August 1916
Service in England, France and on the field
Promoted to Sister 03 April 1917
Transport duty to Australia per “Karoola”
Re-embarked 22 August 1918 in Melbourne per “Mooltan”
Service in India
Returned to Australia 24 January 1919 per “Delta” On Duty
Discharged as medically unfit (colitis and gastritis) 03 August 1920
Married Thomas POWELL 09 June 1923 at Balaclava Methodist Church by Rev. G Cameron
Died 10 July 1975 in Vic.
Late of Canterbury, Vic.
Buried 14 July 1975 at Springvale Botanical Cemetery Dodonaea, Colonnade 3 Section E Niche 85
AANS
Born 1881 in Brunswick, Melbourne, Vic.
Daughter of George RICKETTS and Helen Blanche nee QUICK
Age 34 years
Enlisted 16 August 1916 in Melbourne, Vic.
Embarked 22 August 1916
Service in England, France and on the field
Promoted to Sister 03 April 1917
Transport duty to Australia per “Karoola”
Re-embarked 22 August 1918 in Melbourne per “Mooltan”
Service in India
Returned to Australia 24 January 1919 per “Delta” On Duty
Discharged as medically unfit (colitis and gastritis) 03 August 1920
Married Thomas POWELL 09 June 1923 at Balaclava Methodist Church by Rev. G Cameron
Died 10 July 1975 in Vic.
Late of Canterbury, Vic.
Buried 14 July 1975 at Springvale Botanical Cemetery Dodonaea, Colonnade 3 Section E Niche 85
Sister Blanche Ricketts, in a letter to her parents (St. Kilda), states that she has unexpectedly received promotion, being given the charge of Australian nurses in the Queen Mary Hospital, Whalley, 'Lancashire— the largest military hospital in England — with the rank of first lieutenant. Sister Ricketts has done duty in Heliopolis (Egypt), Caulfield (Victoria), and Bombay (India). She finds the English more reserved than the Australians, but when the restraint . Of first , acquaintance , wears off their friendship is very genuine. Hospitality has been offered her from Devonshire to Edinburgh, and, 'while on 'a short furlough, she has been able to visit Wales, Dublin, Cork (not omitting Blarney and its famous stone), and Edinburgh. But of all the places she has seen, there is no spot like Australia, '. 'Home, sweet home.''
Spectator and Methodist Chronicle Wednesday 05 September 1917 page 934
Spectator and Methodist Chronicle Wednesday 05 September 1917 page 934
RICKMAN nee MORSE, Ellen Valentine
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Matron
Anzac Hostel Cairo Born 1873 in Armidale, NSW Daughter of George Philip MORSE and Mary nee SPELLING Married Clement RICKMAN in 1896 Died 1958 in Sydney, NSW Mrs. C B RICKMAN who is seen in this picture with her son Trooper E RICKMAN of the 12th Australian Light Horse. Mrs. Rickman went to Egypt from Armidale NSW where her mother Mrs Morse, resides. Prior to her present appointment she was a voluntary nurse at Ghezireh, where this photograph was taken. Sydney Mail Wednesday 12 July 1916 page 28 |
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At the Anzac Hostel, Cairo.
The following are clippings from a letter from Mrs. C. B. Rickman, of
Armidale, who is at present doing excellent work at the Anzac Hostel, Cairo :--
There was great excitement here a few days ago when it began to rain, and it poured for about half an hour. The first drop since last March, and you should have seen our roof rooms, which only have matting over head. Over 200 beds all made up with clean sheets were soaked right through to the mattresses. It was a business next morning getting them all changed and hung out. . We are pretty busy this week, and writing letters has to be got in when we can manage it. We are having quite a week of entertainments at the Hostel for the soldiers. On Sunday so arrived for 'Lonely Soldiers' tea. Every Sunday a few more find out they are feeling lonely and trot in to the free tea. We had to turn some away last Sunday, as the room was full, but the Y.M.C.A have given orders that none are to be turned away, even if 500 come they are all to be fed. Then the other evening we had a splendid company here to play to them and about 1200 soldiers came, which means of course, they nearly all came down into the Cafe afterwards to be fed. We did not finish till after 11 that night. The same company played for all the hospital men that were well enough to get in during the afternoon, and over 1000 came at 4, and the performance was not to start till 5.15, and we had to get them all fed in that time. But it was a scramble. We had a good many helpers from outside, but they eat us out of house and home.'
The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser Friday 26 January 1917 page 3
The following are clippings from a letter from Mrs. C. B. Rickman, of
Armidale, who is at present doing excellent work at the Anzac Hostel, Cairo :--
There was great excitement here a few days ago when it began to rain, and it poured for about half an hour. The first drop since last March, and you should have seen our roof rooms, which only have matting over head. Over 200 beds all made up with clean sheets were soaked right through to the mattresses. It was a business next morning getting them all changed and hung out. . We are pretty busy this week, and writing letters has to be got in when we can manage it. We are having quite a week of entertainments at the Hostel for the soldiers. On Sunday so arrived for 'Lonely Soldiers' tea. Every Sunday a few more find out they are feeling lonely and trot in to the free tea. We had to turn some away last Sunday, as the room was full, but the Y.M.C.A have given orders that none are to be turned away, even if 500 come they are all to be fed. Then the other evening we had a splendid company here to play to them and about 1200 soldiers came, which means of course, they nearly all came down into the Cafe afterwards to be fed. We did not finish till after 11 that night. The same company played for all the hospital men that were well enough to get in during the afternoon, and over 1000 came at 4, and the performance was not to start till 5.15, and we had to get them all fed in that time. But it was a scramble. We had a good many helpers from outside, but they eat us out of house and home.'
The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser Friday 26 January 1917 page 3
Mrs C. B. Rickman, of Armidale, who for several years past has been doing war work at the soldiers' hostel in Cairo, returned home during the week. Mrs Rickman has a fine record to her credit and was known in Cairo as the soldiers' friend.
Daily Observer (Tamworth) Tuesday 26 November 1918 page 6
Daily Observer (Tamworth) Tuesday 26 November 1918 page 6
RIDDOCK / RIDDOCH, Maggie Valetta
Staff Nurse
AANS
Born 05 March 1887 at sea
Daughter of Joseph RIDDOCH and Mary nee McKAY
Age 30 years
Training Hamilton Hospital
Enlisted 31 May 1917
Embarked 12 June 1917 in Melbourne per “Mooltan”
Service in Salonika
Resigned appointment due to marriage in UK 03 March 1919
Married Dr. Dermid Maxwell ROSS
Her husband died 25 December 1920 in Scotland.
Passenger records show that she returned to Australia in 1925 with her young daughter Effie.
She married again to Robert Samuel POYNTER in Victoria, 1926.
Died in 14 June 1956 Malvern, Victoria
Late of Glen Iris, Vic.
Buried 16 June 1956 at Springvale Botanical Cemetery Boronia, Wall C, Niche 61.
AANS
Born 05 March 1887 at sea
Daughter of Joseph RIDDOCH and Mary nee McKAY
Age 30 years
Training Hamilton Hospital
Enlisted 31 May 1917
Embarked 12 June 1917 in Melbourne per “Mooltan”
Service in Salonika
Resigned appointment due to marriage in UK 03 March 1919
Married Dr. Dermid Maxwell ROSS
Her husband died 25 December 1920 in Scotland.
Passenger records show that she returned to Australia in 1925 with her young daughter Effie.
She married again to Robert Samuel POYNTER in Victoria, 1926.
Died in 14 June 1956 Malvern, Victoria
Late of Glen Iris, Vic.
Buried 16 June 1956 at Springvale Botanical Cemetery Boronia, Wall C, Niche 61.
RIDGE, Lilian
Sister
AANS
Born 1885 in Sydney, NSW
Daughter of Frank and Mary RIDGE
Sister to Alice RIDGE
Age 30 years
Enlisted 06 July 1915
Embarked 14 July 1915
Service Egypt, France, England
Returned to Australia March 1917 per “Beltana” from England
Promoted to Sister 01 July 1917
Re-embarked 17 July 1918 per “Borda”
Duty in England
Returned to Australia 20 October 1918 per “Borda” On Duty
Appointment terminated 05 January 1919
Married John Simpson FELL in 1921
Widowed in 1927 when her husband was killed at an oil refinery.
Died 16 July 1971 at St. Leonards, NSW
Late of Longueville, NSW
AANS
Born 1885 in Sydney, NSW
Daughter of Frank and Mary RIDGE
Sister to Alice RIDGE
Age 30 years
Enlisted 06 July 1915
Embarked 14 July 1915
Service Egypt, France, England
Returned to Australia March 1917 per “Beltana” from England
Promoted to Sister 01 July 1917
Re-embarked 17 July 1918 per “Borda”
Duty in England
Returned to Australia 20 October 1918 per “Borda” On Duty
Appointment terminated 05 January 1919
Married John Simpson FELL in 1921
Widowed in 1927 when her husband was killed at an oil refinery.
Died 16 July 1971 at St. Leonards, NSW
Late of Longueville, NSW
RIDGWAY, Doris Alice
Staff Nurse
AANS
Born 13 November 1891 at Salters Springs, SA
Daughter of Arthur John Samuel RIDGWAY and Ada nee MITTON
Of Cooke's Plains, SA
Enlisted at Keswick, SA
Died at Quarantine Station Woodman Point, WA of Spanish Flu 06 January 1919
Aged 26 years
Buried Woodman Point Quarantine Station
AANS
Born 13 November 1891 at Salters Springs, SA
Daughter of Arthur John Samuel RIDGWAY and Ada nee MITTON
Of Cooke's Plains, SA
Enlisted at Keswick, SA
Died at Quarantine Station Woodman Point, WA of Spanish Flu 06 January 1919
Aged 26 years
Buried Woodman Point Quarantine Station
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The late Nurse Ridgeway, whose death occurred at the quarantine station, Fremantle, from influenza, was a daughter of Mr. J. H. Ridgeway, of Cooke's Plains, and was 26 years of age. She received her training at the Adelaide Hospital, and two days after she had completed it, volunteered for active service at the end of 1917. She was called up, with others in August, 1918, for work in the United Kingdom. The signing of the armistice however, prevented their departure, and when volunteers were called to nurse, influenza patients at the Western Australian quarantine station Nurse Ridgeway was one of the first to respond, and left, with 11 other nurses on December 19. Eight other South Australian nurses proceeded to Western Australia in connection with the influenza epidemic on December 28. The late Nurse Ridgway had three brothers serving in Palestine with the 9th Light Horse, one of whom made the supreme, sacrifice.
The Register Thursday 09 January 1919 page 6 Nurse Doris Alice Ridgway volunteered for active service near the end of the Great War, and was accepted, said Mrs. E.C.S. Lindsay formerly Matron Hancock yesterday. 'But at that time an urgent appeal was made from Western Australia for nurses to join the quarantine staff as several soldiers just returned from overseas had contracted pneumonic influenza. Nurse Ridgway received permission to delay her departure for active service and to be one of the 20 South Australian nurses who volunteered for this quarantine service and soon after her arrival in Western Australia she too contracted influenza, and died. The Advertiser Wednesday 21 September 1938 page 8 |
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RIGBY, Julia Lyllis
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Staff Nurse
AANS Born 17 April 1886 in Auckland, New Zealand Daughter of William Alfred RIGBY and Julia nee MITCHELL Age 28 years Enlisted 19 May 1917 Embarked 25 November 1917 in Melbourne per “Khiva” Service in India Resigned Appointment 10 July 1918 due to marriage Repatriation contact 26 November 1960 Married Sydney Herbert WOOLF Resided Tarragindi, Brisbane. Qld. Died 06 May 1966 Aged 81 years Buried Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens Columbarium 32 Section 3 |
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RIGBY, Maud
Staff Nurse
AANS
Born 1882 in Smythesdale, Vic.
Daughter of George Michael RAYBOULD and Mary nee WOLFENDEN
Sister of Belinda RAYBOULD
Married Dr. Ernest RIBY in 1911 and her husband died in 1914
Age 33 years (Widow)
Training at Hill Hospital
Enlisted 05 November 1915
Embarked 12 November 1915
Service in Egypt, India and England
Ill with Influenza May 1915
Returned to Australia 25 August 1918 per “Benalla” On Duty
Appointment terminated 27 August 1918
Married by June 1923 to ex Sergeant George Herbert PATTERSON
Died 1960 in Double Bay, NSW
AANS
Born 1882 in Smythesdale, Vic.
Daughter of George Michael RAYBOULD and Mary nee WOLFENDEN
Sister of Belinda RAYBOULD
Married Dr. Ernest RIBY in 1911 and her husband died in 1914
Age 33 years (Widow)
Training at Hill Hospital
Enlisted 05 November 1915
Embarked 12 November 1915
Service in Egypt, India and England
Ill with Influenza May 1915
Returned to Australia 25 August 1918 per “Benalla” On Duty
Appointment terminated 27 August 1918
Married by June 1923 to ex Sergeant George Herbert PATTERSON
Died 1960 in Double Bay, NSW
RIGGALL, Louisa Blanche
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Nurse
Australian Red Cross Society Born 1868 in Vic. Daughter of Edward Sheens RILEY and Martha nee GREGORY Resided Pental Road, Caulfield, Vic. Served in Heliopolis and 1st Australian General Hospital France Mentioned in despatches for her services with the British Red Cross Died from a cerebral haemorrhage 31 August 1918 at Rouen, France Buried St. Severe Cemetery B 3 1 Louisa Blanche Riggall, of Pental road, Caulfield, formerly of Rouen, France, artist, who died on August 31 last, left by will dated September 28,1915, real estate valued at £3,500 and personal property valued at £1,923 to relatives and friends, subject to a be-quest of £500 to be applied in the discretion of her trustees for the benefit of Australian soldiers who may be wounded or incapacitated on active service, or to any fund, association, or body having for its object the benefit of wounded or incapacitated soldiers.
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DIED ON SERVICE.
The Late Miss L. B. Riggall.
A Tribute to her Work.
In connection with the lamented death of Miss Louie B. Riggall, formerly of Byron Lodge, Tinanba, who three years ago gave her services free to the Empire as a nurse, the following cables have been received :
Boulogne-sur-mer,
4th Sept. 1918.
Exceedingly regret inform you Miss L. B. Riggall died suddenly 31st August from cerebral hemorrhage, Sick Sisters Hospital, Rouen. Have advised Colonel Riggall. Mailing particulars.
Australian Red Cross.
Federal Govt. House, Melb.,
3rd Sept. 1918.Dear Sir,
I regret very much having to confirm advice given to you. The following cable has been received today from Lieut-Col. Murdoch Australian Red Cross Commissioner, London, dated 2nd September:
"Deeply regret our Rouen worker, Miss Riggall, died suddenly Saturday, 8th General Hospital, Rouen, cerebral hemorrhage." In a recent report on Red Cross workers in France, our Commissioner, Lieut-Col. Hayward wrote :-"I would like to mention the splendid services rendered by Miss L. B. Riggall in Egypt and in France. Her work at No. 1 A.G.H. at Rouen is beyond praise, and her visiting of Australians in Imperial hospitals in that section has been wholehearted and thorough."
-Yours Faithfully,
Philadelphia N. Robertson,
Sec. Aus. Red Cross Society.
Federal Govt. House, Melb.,
9th Sept. 1918.
Dear Sir,-On my own behalf and that of the Australian Red Cross Council, I would express to you our deepest sympathy in the loss you have sustained by the death of Miss L. B. Riggall. For three years Miss Riggall has been a most active and devoted worker for our Society, and only by last mail I received a letter from Colonel Hayward, expressing his appreciation of the services she was rendering in connection with the Hospital at Rouen. She will bevery much missed by her fellow workers as well as by the sick and wounded, for whom she labored till the last hour of her life.
Yours sincerely,
Helen Munro Ferguson.
Speaking of the death of Miss Riggall, "Every Week," Bairnsdale, says :-Nurse Riggall was well known to Mr Frank Holloway, of Bairnsdale, and many other Gippslanders who were under her care whilst in hospital at Rouen. Mr Holloway states that the young lady who was also engaged in Red Cross work at Heliopolis, was loved by the soldiers, and her demise will be regretted by many an Australian soldier.
The Late Miss L. B. Riggall.
A Tribute to her Work.
In connection with the lamented death of Miss Louie B. Riggall, formerly of Byron Lodge, Tinanba, who three years ago gave her services free to the Empire as a nurse, the following cables have been received :
Boulogne-sur-mer,
4th Sept. 1918.
Exceedingly regret inform you Miss L. B. Riggall died suddenly 31st August from cerebral hemorrhage, Sick Sisters Hospital, Rouen. Have advised Colonel Riggall. Mailing particulars.
Australian Red Cross.
Federal Govt. House, Melb.,
3rd Sept. 1918.Dear Sir,
I regret very much having to confirm advice given to you. The following cable has been received today from Lieut-Col. Murdoch Australian Red Cross Commissioner, London, dated 2nd September:
"Deeply regret our Rouen worker, Miss Riggall, died suddenly Saturday, 8th General Hospital, Rouen, cerebral hemorrhage." In a recent report on Red Cross workers in France, our Commissioner, Lieut-Col. Hayward wrote :-"I would like to mention the splendid services rendered by Miss L. B. Riggall in Egypt and in France. Her work at No. 1 A.G.H. at Rouen is beyond praise, and her visiting of Australians in Imperial hospitals in that section has been wholehearted and thorough."
-Yours Faithfully,
Philadelphia N. Robertson,
Sec. Aus. Red Cross Society.
Federal Govt. House, Melb.,
9th Sept. 1918.
Dear Sir,-On my own behalf and that of the Australian Red Cross Council, I would express to you our deepest sympathy in the loss you have sustained by the death of Miss L. B. Riggall. For three years Miss Riggall has been a most active and devoted worker for our Society, and only by last mail I received a letter from Colonel Hayward, expressing his appreciation of the services she was rendering in connection with the Hospital at Rouen. She will bevery much missed by her fellow workers as well as by the sick and wounded, for whom she labored till the last hour of her life.
Yours sincerely,
Helen Munro Ferguson.
Speaking of the death of Miss Riggall, "Every Week," Bairnsdale, says :-Nurse Riggall was well known to Mr Frank Holloway, of Bairnsdale, and many other Gippslanders who were under her care whilst in hospital at Rouen. Mr Holloway states that the young lady who was also engaged in Red Cross work at Heliopolis, was loved by the soldiers, and her demise will be regretted by many an Australian soldier.
The energy Australian art students put into their work is so common in the great Paris studios that little or no comment is made. Now and again, however, somebody rises head and shoulders above the throng of competitors and carries off the honours in a wholesale fashion that occasions some consternation. A case in point is Miss Louisa Riggall, who went to Europe eighteen months ago to study art. Her previous experience was not extensive, but she had received an excellent training from Mr. A. C. Woodward, art director of the Bendigo School of Mines- Miss Riggall, like every other youthful enthusiast, painted pictures, one of which won a prize at the A.N.A. competitions. But on going to Paris she found she would have to go back to the alphabet, so to speak. And she had the rare good sense to forget all about the early efforts and buckle to in earnest. Entering the Delacluse studio she commenced in the junior division with what gratifying result is new seen. After twelve months Miss Riggall won first mention for painting in oils, first mention for a torso for life, and first mention also in three other different sections, the competitors being picked students of all nationalities. Such industry was a record even for a Delacluse student, and so Bendigo has good cause to be proud of its daughter. The young lady was handicapped at first by her ignorance of the French language, and this had to be mastered before any progress could be made. Miss Riggall, who is a niece of Mr. and Mrs. William Riggall, of " Somercotes," St. Kilda, has nearly two years yet to spend at the Delacluse studio, so that with such a beginning, she is likely to win brilliant honors.
Table Talk Friday 18 November 1898 page 13
Table Talk Friday 18 November 1898 page 13
RILEY, Lillian
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Sister
AANS Born Albury, NSW Daughter of Robert Campbell RILEY and Annie Isobel nee COX Age 24 years Enlisted 08 October 1915 Embarked 11 November 1915 per “Orsova” Service in Egypt and France Promoted to Sister 01 October 1918 Returned to Australia 28 August 1919 per “Kanowna” On Duty Appointment terminated 10 January 1920 Did not marry Died 19 October 1986 in Castle Hill, NSW Photograph Courtesy of Faye Threlfall WW1 Australian and New Zealand Nurses |
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RILEY, Mary Graham
Staff Nurse
AANS
Born 25 September 1886 in Maitland, NSW
Daughter of Charles Graham RILEY and Eleanor Seward nee TREACY
Sister of Hilda ABBOTT
Age 32 years
Training Sydney Children’s Hospital
Enlisted 10 July 1917
Embarked 30 August 1917 in Sydney
Service in Salonika
Ill with Influenza October 1918
Returned to Australia 22 December 1919 per “Themistocles” On Duty
Appointment Terminated 17 April 1920
Married Conrad Manchee COATES
Died 1971 in Frankston, Vic.
AANS
Born 25 September 1886 in Maitland, NSW
Daughter of Charles Graham RILEY and Eleanor Seward nee TREACY
Sister of Hilda ABBOTT
Age 32 years
Training Sydney Children’s Hospital
Enlisted 10 July 1917
Embarked 30 August 1917 in Sydney
Service in Salonika
Ill with Influenza October 1918
Returned to Australia 22 December 1919 per “Themistocles” On Duty
Appointment Terminated 17 April 1920
Married Conrad Manchee COATES
Died 1971 in Frankston, Vic.
RILEY, Olive Graham
Staff Nurse
AANS
Born Sydney, NSW
Sister of Graham RILEY
Age 30 years
Training Melbourne Children’s’ Hospital
Enlisted 23 May 1917
Embarked 12 June 1917 in Melbourne per “Mooltan”
Service Salonika
Invalided to Australia 15 May 1919 per “Orontes”
Discharged as medically unfit (unknown) 13 September 1920
Married by March 1936 – name COATES
AANS
Born Sydney, NSW
Sister of Graham RILEY
Age 30 years
Training Melbourne Children’s’ Hospital
Enlisted 23 May 1917
Embarked 12 June 1917 in Melbourne per “Mooltan”
Service Salonika
Invalided to Australia 15 May 1919 per “Orontes”
Discharged as medically unfit (unknown) 13 September 1920
Married by March 1936 – name COATES
RINDER, Lily Jane
Matron
AANS Born 1881 in Salisbury, Inglewood, Vic Daughter of Samuel Coutts RINDER and Alison Wallace nee TURPIE Of 11 Hughes Street, North Unley Graduated RAH 1906 Occupation prior to enlistment Nurse at Adelaide Hospital Enlisted 19 September 1916 at North Adelaide Embarked 25 November 1916 Served in London Returned to Australia 05 January 1919 per 'Suevic' Appointment terminated 10 September 1919 Did not marry Died 03 December 1941 at Adelaide, SA Aged 60 years Resided Hyde Park, SA Buried Mitcham General Cemetery |
Awarded Royal Red Cross (2nd) ClassDate of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 25 March 1920
Location in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: Page 392, position 42
Date of London Gazette: 12 December 1919
Location in London Gazette: Page 15459, position 2
Location in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: Page 392, position 42
Date of London Gazette: 12 December 1919
Location in London Gazette: Page 15459, position 2
Awarded the Royal Red Cross Decoration 2nd Class
“HIS MAJESTY THE KING has been graciously pleased to award the Royal Red Cross to the undermentioned Lady in recognition of her valuable nursing services in connexion with the war –: Matron Jane RINDER.
The above has been promulgated in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette No 30 dated 25th March 1920”
Sister L. Rinder, of the Dental Hospital, Frome road, who is the secretary of the Returned Sisters' Sub branch of the R.S.S.I.L.A., did war service for three years. In 1916 she began nursing on a transport ship.
She had the distinction of gaining the Royal Red Cross
“HIS MAJESTY THE KING has been graciously pleased to award the Royal Red Cross to the undermentioned Lady in recognition of her valuable nursing services in connexion with the war –: Matron Jane RINDER.
The above has been promulgated in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette No 30 dated 25th March 1920”
Sister L. Rinder, of the Dental Hospital, Frome road, who is the secretary of the Returned Sisters' Sub branch of the R.S.S.I.L.A., did war service for three years. In 1916 she began nursing on a transport ship.
She had the distinction of gaining the Royal Red Cross
1914-18 War Nurse Dies; Won Award
Miss Lily Jane Rinder, 60, of Mitchell street, Hyde Park, who was awarded the Royal Red Cross for her work in the 1914-18 war, died today. She was a sister of Mr. J. A.Rinder, former president of the Chamber of Manufactures. Miss Rinder went away as matron in the first hospital ship to leave South Australia, and made three trips in troop transports and hospital ships. When she retired last year. she was in charge of the nursing staff at the Dental Hospital.
News (Adelaide) Wednesday 03 December 1941 page 3
Miss Lily Jane Rinder, 60, of Mitchell street, Hyde Park, who was awarded the Royal Red Cross for her work in the 1914-18 war, died today. She was a sister of Mr. J. A.Rinder, former president of the Chamber of Manufactures. Miss Rinder went away as matron in the first hospital ship to leave South Australia, and made three trips in troop transports and hospital ships. When she retired last year. she was in charge of the nursing staff at the Dental Hospital.
News (Adelaide) Wednesday 03 December 1941 page 3
RING, Marjery
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Pysiotherapist of Pennant Hills, NSW
Born 13 January 1891 at Orange, NSW Daughter of George Washington Beecham RING and Laura Jane nee KITE Margery qualified as a physiotherapist from Sydney University and joined the Australian Army Massage Service during WW1. She worked at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and the Brisbane Hospital before going into private practice in Inverell, and later Sydney. |
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RINGWOOD, Adelaide Marie
Staff Nurse
AANS
Born 1883 in New Zealand
Daughter of Alexander RINGWOOD and Mary nee RIGBY
Age 32 years
Training at Adelaide Hospital
Date of Appointment 18 February 1919
Volunteered to nurse influenza in Victoria
Left by train 18 February 1919
Returned by train 26 February 1919
Demobilized at own request for continued education 14 March 1919
Did not marry
Died 29 May 1922 in Saranac Lake, New York, USA
AANS
Born 1883 in New Zealand
Daughter of Alexander RINGWOOD and Mary nee RIGBY
Age 32 years
Training at Adelaide Hospital
Date of Appointment 18 February 1919
Volunteered to nurse influenza in Victoria
Left by train 18 February 1919
Returned by train 26 February 1919
Demobilized at own request for continued education 14 March 1919
Did not marry
Died 29 May 1922 in Saranac Lake, New York, USA
RIORDAN, Ellen Agnes Meline (Nell)
Sister
AANS Born 1888 in Lismore, Sydney, NSW Daughter of John George RIORDAN and Elizabeth nee McNULTY Of Tucki Enlisted 03 June 1915 Embarked 16 June 1915 Appointment terminated 01 November 1919 Married Cyril William Kidger TUCKER in 1929 Resided for a time in Kenya Colony, East Africa Died 24 March 1978 in NSW Late of Coraki, NSW |
Awarded Greek Medal for Military Merit
Date of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 19 February 1920
Location in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: Page 190, position 20
Date of London Gazette: 26 November 1919
Location in London Gazette: Page 12641, position 1
Date of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 19 February 1920
Location in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: Page 190, position 20
Date of London Gazette: 26 November 1919
Location in London Gazette: Page 12641, position 1
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Left Sydney in June 1915 and was on active service in Egypt and Salonika and in Dartford England. She returned to Australia for a while in 1916 and was a nurse at the Randwick Military Hospital, then went overseas again and returned in May 1919. She is a daughter of the late Mr. John Riordan of Tucki and is now Mrs. L Tucker of Kenya Colony.
Northern Star Lismore Monday 25 April 1938 Photograph Courtesy of Faye Threlfall WW1 Australian and New Zealand Nurses |
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WELCOME TO SISTER N. RIORDAN.
"Gallambee," the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Lyle McPherson, was the scene of a very pleasant function Tuesday, 9th inst., when the members of the Ruthven War Chest committee met to welcome Sister Nell Riordan on her return from active service. The guests were received in the spacious dining room, which was prettily decorated with sweet pea, clematis and ferns. A dainty afternoon tea was dispensed, after which Mrs. Gleadhill, president of the committee, said although she had not met Sister Riordan before she was very pleased to welcome her on behalf of the Ruthven War Chest committee. As it was known to all present Sister Riordan had been absent four and a half years, and had faced many dangers and difficulties on the other side in order to alleviate the sufferings of the fighting men.
She extended to Sister Riordan the sincere thanks of the War Chest members for what she had done for our soldiers, and she congratulated Mrs. Riordan on the fact that two sons and a daughter had returned safely to their home after having served with credit in the cruel war.
Mrs. Duncan McPherson then asked Sister Riordan to accept a handsome silver jewel case as a token of affection and esteem from the War Chest members, wishing her success and happiness in her future life. Mesdames Klaus and Sutton also extended a warm welcome to Sister Riordan, and paid tribute to the brave nurses who had endured hardships at the front for the sake of cheering and helping the soldiers. They congratulated Mrs. Riordan on the happy reunion of her family circle. Sister Riordan, in responding, said it was gratifying to receive such a warm welcome after her long absence. She was very pleased to be back among her old friends, and thanked them all sincerely for their hearty welcome and dainty gift.
Songs were rendered during the afternoon bv Mrs. Klaus and Miss M. Riordan. The singing of "Home, Sweet Home" and the National Anthem brought a most enjoyable gathering to a close.
Northern Star Friday 26 September 1919 page 8
WAR NURSE
Honorary Member of R.S.S.I.L.A.
Mrs. Tucker, of Kenya Colony, East Africa, who is visiting her relatives at Tucki, was formerly an Australian war nurse. She has been made an honorary member of the Lismore branch of the Returned Soldiers' League during her stay in the district and will attend the 20th birthday party of the league in the club room on April 13. Mrs. Tucker, who was known to scores of Australian soldiers as Sister N. Riordan, is a daughter of the late Mr. John Riordan, of Tucki. Sister Riordan returned to Australia in 1916 and nursed at the Randwick Hospital for six weeks. She subsequently returned to the war areas and remained in service until the Armistice. She returned to Australia, but subsequently accompanied her aunt to Africa, where she again commenced Nursing. She later married Mr. Tucker, who is a civil engineer on the Kenya Colony railways, Mrs. Tucker had previously visited the Richmond River district, but last week she met in Lismore one of her "war patients" for the first time in 22 years.
Northern Star Friday 08 April 1938 page 2
"Gallambee," the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Lyle McPherson, was the scene of a very pleasant function Tuesday, 9th inst., when the members of the Ruthven War Chest committee met to welcome Sister Nell Riordan on her return from active service. The guests were received in the spacious dining room, which was prettily decorated with sweet pea, clematis and ferns. A dainty afternoon tea was dispensed, after which Mrs. Gleadhill, president of the committee, said although she had not met Sister Riordan before she was very pleased to welcome her on behalf of the Ruthven War Chest committee. As it was known to all present Sister Riordan had been absent four and a half years, and had faced many dangers and difficulties on the other side in order to alleviate the sufferings of the fighting men.
She extended to Sister Riordan the sincere thanks of the War Chest members for what she had done for our soldiers, and she congratulated Mrs. Riordan on the fact that two sons and a daughter had returned safely to their home after having served with credit in the cruel war.
Mrs. Duncan McPherson then asked Sister Riordan to accept a handsome silver jewel case as a token of affection and esteem from the War Chest members, wishing her success and happiness in her future life. Mesdames Klaus and Sutton also extended a warm welcome to Sister Riordan, and paid tribute to the brave nurses who had endured hardships at the front for the sake of cheering and helping the soldiers. They congratulated Mrs. Riordan on the happy reunion of her family circle. Sister Riordan, in responding, said it was gratifying to receive such a warm welcome after her long absence. She was very pleased to be back among her old friends, and thanked them all sincerely for their hearty welcome and dainty gift.
Songs were rendered during the afternoon bv Mrs. Klaus and Miss M. Riordan. The singing of "Home, Sweet Home" and the National Anthem brought a most enjoyable gathering to a close.
Northern Star Friday 26 September 1919 page 8
WAR NURSE
Honorary Member of R.S.S.I.L.A.
Mrs. Tucker, of Kenya Colony, East Africa, who is visiting her relatives at Tucki, was formerly an Australian war nurse. She has been made an honorary member of the Lismore branch of the Returned Soldiers' League during her stay in the district and will attend the 20th birthday party of the league in the club room on April 13. Mrs. Tucker, who was known to scores of Australian soldiers as Sister N. Riordan, is a daughter of the late Mr. John Riordan, of Tucki. Sister Riordan returned to Australia in 1916 and nursed at the Randwick Hospital for six weeks. She subsequently returned to the war areas and remained in service until the Armistice. She returned to Australia, but subsequently accompanied her aunt to Africa, where she again commenced Nursing. She later married Mr. Tucker, who is a civil engineer on the Kenya Colony railways, Mrs. Tucker had previously visited the Richmond River district, but last week she met in Lismore one of her "war patients" for the first time in 22 years.
Northern Star Friday 08 April 1938 page 2
RIORDAN, Maud
Sister
AANS
Born 16 December 1888 at Wyralllah, NSW
Daughter of Daniel RIORDAN and Hannah Agnes nee DIXON
Grand daughter of late Mr. W.W. Dixon and Mrs. Dixon
Of Erringden Grange, South Gundurimba
Niece of Effie JOHNSON
Of Park St., South Lismore, Richmond River, NSW
Occupation prior to enlistment Nurse
Enlisted 02 June 1917
Aged 28 years
Embarked 12 June 1917 from Melbourne per 'Mooltan'
Served in Salonika
Returned to Australia 13 October 1919 per 'Anchises'
Discharged as medically unfit 21 November 1919
Married John Joseph Patrick SEERY
Divorced in 1929
Died 21 March 1957 in St. Marys, NSW
Aged 68 years
Formerly of Randwick, NSW
AANS
Born 16 December 1888 at Wyralllah, NSW
Daughter of Daniel RIORDAN and Hannah Agnes nee DIXON
Grand daughter of late Mr. W.W. Dixon and Mrs. Dixon
Of Erringden Grange, South Gundurimba
Niece of Effie JOHNSON
Of Park St., South Lismore, Richmond River, NSW
Occupation prior to enlistment Nurse
Enlisted 02 June 1917
Aged 28 years
Embarked 12 June 1917 from Melbourne per 'Mooltan'
Served in Salonika
Returned to Australia 13 October 1919 per 'Anchises'
Discharged as medically unfit 21 November 1919
Married John Joseph Patrick SEERY
Divorced in 1929
Died 21 March 1957 in St. Marys, NSW
Aged 68 years
Formerly of Randwick, NSW
RIPPER, Ivy Agnes
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Sister
AANS Born 1880 in Tyldon, Vic. Daughter of William RIPPER and Clara Anne nee CHANTER Age 33 years Training Echuca District Hospital Enlisted 04 August 1915 Embarked 04 August 1915 Service Egypt, England France and on the field Promoted to Sister 01 October 1918 Seriously ill from June 1918 to November 1918 Illnesses Measles, Pyelitis, Nephritis and Influenza Returned to Australia 18 January 1919 per “Ulysses” On Duty Discharged as medically unfit (more recovery time needed) 19 September 1919 Did not marry Died 02 December 1954 in Heidelberg, Vic. Resided 67 Stanhope Street, Malvern, Vic. Buried Springvale Botanical Cemetery Tristania Wall 4BB Niche 101 Photograph Table Talk Thursday 16 September 1915 page 26 |
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RIPPER, Ruby Irene
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Sister
AANS Born 1885 in Echuca, Vic. Daughter of William RIPPER and Clara Ann nee CHANTER Age 29 years Training Melbourne Hospital Enlisted 10 May 1915 Embarked 18 May 1915 Service in England Returned to Australia 18 January 1919 per “Ulysses” On Duty Appointment Terminated 07 November 1919 Married Earl Currie CORNELL Died 1969 in Canaust, Canada Photograph Table Talk Thursday 27 May 1915 page 19 |
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CORNELL (nee Ruby RIPPER) - on the 16th August, at Montreal, Canada, to Mr and Mrs Earl Currie CORNELL - a daughter (Sara Clara)
The Argus Saturday 19 August 1922 page 13
The Argus Saturday 19 August 1922 page 13
RITCHIE, Helen
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Staff Nurse
AANS Born 1890 in Tweed River, NSW Daughter of David Phease RITCHIE and Anne Jane nee GRAY Age 27 years Enlisted 19 May 1917 Embarked 29 May 1917 in Melbourne per “Kanowna” Service in India and ships “Takada” and Sicilia” Served in Egypt, India and Mesopotamia Transferred to England dangerously ill with multiple illnesses Tonsilitis, Inflamation, Malaria, Bronchitis and Influenza Invalided to Australia 22 February 1919 per “Novgorod” Discharged unfit for further service 07 July 1919 Resided at Kelvin Grove in September 1919 Married Edward George COOMES Died 1961 in Lambeth, London Photograph courtesy of Julia |
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RITCHIE, Ivy Norma/Lorna Kathleen
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Sister
AANS Born 1880 at Mt. Ruse, Vic. Daughter of John RITCHIE and Georgina nee HUTTON Sister of W S RITCHIE Age 34 years Training Geelong Hospital Enlisted 15 July 1915 Embarked 17 July 1915 Service in England and France Promoted to Sister 01 October 1918 “Brought under the notice of the Secretary of State of War for valuable services rendered” War Office document dated 19 August 1919 Returned to Australia 01 November 1919 per “Oriveto” On Duty Appointment terminated 26 August 1920 Did not marry Died 28 November 1953 in Geelong, Vic. Late of Torquay, Vic. Buried Geelong Cemetery Wst Pres 01-807-0015 Photographs courtesy of Cheryl Baulch |
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