SKYRING, Gertrude May
| Service Number: | Nurse |
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| Enlisted: | 12 November 1916, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Sister |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) |
| Born: | Bundaberg, Queensland, 3 January 1890 |
| Home Town: | Bundaberg, Bundaberg, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Nurse |
| Died: | Natural causes, Queensland, Australia, 14 November 1981, aged 91 years |
| Cemetery: |
Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland Columbarium 12 Section 17 |
| Memorials: | Bundaberg Australian Service Nurses Memorial Wall, Queensland Australian Army Nursing Service Roll of Honour, War Nurses Memorial Park |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Nov 1916: | Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Nurse, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Brisbane, Queensland | |
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| 29 Dec 1916: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 29 Dec 1916: | Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), HMAT Themistocles, Sydney | |
| 29 Dec 1918: | Promoted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) | |
| 29 Jun 1919: | Discharged Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) |
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Daughter of Charles Frederick SKYRING and Sophia Maud nee ROBINSON. Later married Reginald Arthur PACKMAN.
"Staff Nurse Gertrude May Skyring, Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS)... Gertrude resigned her position at the Gladstone Hospital, Bundaberg, to enlist. She worked at the hospital at Rouen and returned to Australia in July 1919. Her brother Frank served initiallly with the 23rd Battalion, later with the 8th Battalion. He was amongst 1,752 others who survived when the troopship Ballarat was torpedoed and sunk off The Lizard on the 25 April 1917. He was wounded twice during his service and returned to Australia in 1919." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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