SPRIGGINS, Pearl
| Service Number: | Staff Nurse |
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| Enlisted: | 12 June 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Staff Nurse |
| Last Unit: | 1st Australian General Hospital |
| Born: | Geelong, Vic., 1888 |
| Home Town: | Geelong, Greater Geelong, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Nurse |
| Died: | Mosman, NSW, 11 July 1954, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Waurn Ponds Shire of South Barwon Honor Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Jun 1915: | Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Staff Nurse, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) | |
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| 17 Jun 1915: | Involvement 1st Australian General Hospital, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Jun 1915: | Embarked 1st Australian General Hospital, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Daughter of John Charles SPRIGGINS and Elizabeth nee LENNOX
Of Geelong. Victoria
Trained at Colac Hospital
Did not marry
An appointment approved by all and sundry is that of Sister Spriggins of Brighton, Victoria, as second permanent matron-in-charge of women migrants to Australia. Miss Spriggins has seen life in many lands and climes, and under varied conditions. She is an understanding woman, and should prove a great help to women leaving their home land to settle in far off Australia. Nurse Spriggins was Charge Sister of the Adelaide Government Hospital, then war years followed, and work was done in Egypt, India, England & France.
Western Australia Mail Thursday 21 July 1927 page 10