SKINNER, Ruby Winifred
| Other Name: | SYDENHAM, Ruby Winifred - Married Name |
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| Service Number: | Staff Nurse |
| Enlisted: | 12 August 1915, Austins Ferry, Tas. |
| Last Rank: | Staff Nurse |
| Last Unit: | No. 4 Australian Auxiliary Hospital |
| Born: | Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3 January 1888 |
| Home Town: | Yarraville, Maribyrnong, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Nurse |
| Died: | Caulfield, Victoria, Australia, 21 January 1956, aged 68 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Dodonaea, Colonnade 4, Section H, Niche 46 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Aug 1915: | Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Staff Nurse, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Austins Ferry, Tas. | |
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| 24 Aug 1915: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Morea embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 24 Aug 1915: | Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), RMS Morea, Melbourne | |
| 1 Jun 1916: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Staff Nurse, No. 4 Australian Auxiliary Hospital |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Daughter of William Archer SKINNER and Elizabeth nee ANGUS Of Tasmania
Sister Skinner, whose people resided at Ulverstone, is also back on a short furlough. She saw much service in Egypt in the Gallipoli days, and later went to France. Her only brother, Lieut. A A Skinner, who was invalided home from Gallipoli, and left again for France, was recently married in Edinburgh to Miss Margaret Cormack of Kirkhill House, Wick, Scotland.
Tasmanian Mail 02 May 1918 page 10 col 1
Married Alwyn Francis SYDENHAM 12 January 1920
SYDENHAM-SKINNER - On the 12th January at St. Andrew's Church of England, Alvie by the Rev. H.A. Hayden (late Chaplain-major AIF) Captain Alwyn Francis (17th Indian Cavalry Regiment) only son of Mr. and Mrs. G.F. Sydenham, of Colac, to Ruby Winifred (late AANS, AIF) elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W.A. Skinner, of Ulverstone, Tasmania.
The Australasian Saturday 28 February 1920 page 57
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