ANDREWS, Gertrude Jessie
| Service Number: | Nurse |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 11 November 1914, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Head Sister |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Australian General Hospital 3AGH (WW1) |
| Born: | Kangaroo Point, Queensland, Australia, 1884 |
| Home Town: | Charters Towers, Charters Towers, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Nurse |
| Died: | Natural causes, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 16 May 1956 |
| Cemetery: |
Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland |
| Memorials: | East Brisbane War Memorial, Queensland Australian Army Nursing Service Roll of Honour, Southport Shire Council Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Nov 1914: | Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Nurse, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Brisbane, Queensland | |
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| 21 Dec 1914: | Involvement 1st Australian General Hospital (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Dec 1914: | Embarked 1st Australian General Hospital (WW1), HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane | |
| 4 Nov 1915: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Left Suez for Australia with appendicitis. | |
| 8 May 1916: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), 3rd Australian General Hospital 3AGH (WW1), Taken on strength in Cairo, Egypt. | |
| 30 Nov 1916: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), 1st Australian General Hospital (WW1), Reported for duty in Rouen, France. | |
| 1 Sep 1917: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Head Sister, Temporary Head Sister and posted for duty at Croydon War Hospital in Surrey, England. | |
| 11 Feb 1918: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Head Sister, 3rd Australian General Hospital 3AGH (WW1), Proceeded overseas to France to the No.3 Australian General Hospital in the Somme. | |
| 21 Oct 1918: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Head Sister, Invalidated in England. | |
| 8 Nov 1918: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Head Sister, Returned to Australia as per the ‘Gaika’. | |
| 1 Jan 1919: | Honoured Royal Red Cross (2nd Class) | |
| 15 Feb 1919: | Discharged Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Head Sister, Discharged at the 1st Military District in Brisbane, Queensland. |
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Born Gertrude Jessia Andrews Bell in 1884 at Kangaroo Point, Brisbane, Qld, and was the daughter of George Andrews BELL (Master Mariner) and Mary NETHERWAY
Her mother died in 1888 and her father remarried Emily Milman in 1889.(her mother who is really her step-mother appears as her next of kin after her sisters death.) Her sister was Emily Andrews was listed as next of kin on her file but she died in 1916.
Awarded Royal Red Cross (2nd Class)
Returned to Australia 29 December 1918 per 'Gaika' and her appointment was terminated 15 February 1919
Married John H REID
"REID-ANDREWS. - On 15th March 1924, at St. Paul's Presbyterian Church, Gertrude J. Andrews. R.R.C. (late Head Sister, A.A.N.S., A.T.F.). Sydenham, Wickham-terrace, to John H. Reid (late 105th How. Btv., A.I.F.), Fairfield. Rev. H. S. Bunn officiated." - Trove
Died 16 May 1956 in brisbane, Qld aged 72
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