Gertrude Grace ROBERTS MID

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ROBERTS, Gertrude Grace

Service Number:	Sister
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Sister
Last Unit:	Princess Christian's Army Nursing Service Reserve
Born:	Brisbane Street, Hobart, Tas., 6 May 1877
Home Town:	Hobart, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Nurse
Died:	At home, 143 Glenferrie Raod, Glenferrie, Vic., 30 March 1914, aged 36 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Box Hill General Cemetery, Victoria CE-*-0708
Memorials:

Boer War Service

Date unknown:	Involvement British Forces (All Conflicts), Sister, Sister, Princess Christian's Army Nursing Service Reserve

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Daughter of James ROBERTS and Mary nee NICHOLS

Married 27 October 1897 George Wilson GOWLAND at Hobart, Tas.

GOWLAND. (nee: GERTIE ROBERTS). -- On March 30, 1914, at her residence, 143 Glenferrie-road, Glenferrie, Melbourne, Gertrude, the dearly loved wife of George W. Gowland, and loving mother of Max and Cora only daughter of the late James and Mary Roberts, of Hobart.

Family story about her war service indicated she was decorated for saving the life of a senior officer, having refused to take the advice of the doctor who was present, and if the legend is to be believed, locked the doctor away in order to prevent him cutting off the officer's leg.

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