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KIDD, Ruby Gourlay
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Matron |
| Last Unit: | Sea Transport Staff |
| Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia , 1878 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Croydon, Victoria, Australia , 5 August 1965, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Church of England Compartment I, Section 2, Grave 2A |
| Memorials: | Armadale St. Albans Church Honour Roll, Granville St Mark's Anglican Church Memorial Windows |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 17 Feb 1915: | Embarked 1st Australian Convalescent Depot, RMS Osterley, Melbourne | |
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| 17 Feb 1915: | Involvement 1st Australian Convalescent Depot, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 28 Jul 1916: | Embarked Sea Transport Staff, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne | |
| 28 Jul 1916: | Involvement Sea Transport Staff, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Mar 1917: | Promoted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Matron, Ruby served aboard Hospital Ships ('Runic', 'Suevic', 'Demosthenes', 'Themistocles' and 'Marathon') and in England between transports. Ruby was promoted to Matron on 1 March 1917. | |
| 25 Jul 1917: | Honoured Royal Red Cross (2nd Class), Awarded Royal Red Cross 2nd Class Date of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 25 July 1917 Location in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: Page 1544, position 33 Date of London Gazette: 23 February 1917 Location in London Gazette: Page 1952, position 4 | |
| 1 Feb 1919: | Discharged Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Matron, Returned to Australia on 12 July 1919 per 'City of Exeter' as Matron in charge |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sandra Barry
Daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Hannah (nee Gourlay) Kidd.