Emily Broughton GWYNNE

GWYNNE, Emily Broughton

Service Number: AANS
Enlisted: 21 November 1914, Sydney, New South Wales
Last Rank: Sister
Last Unit: Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1)
Born: Yass, NSW, 28 June 1880
Home Town: Ryde, Ryde, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Nurse
Died: NSW, 2 May 1974, aged 93 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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World War 1 Service

21 Nov 1914: Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, AANS, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sydney, New South Wales
28 Nov 1914: Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, AANS, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Embarked on HMAT 'A55' Kyarra from Sydney on 28th November 1914, disembarking Egypt and posted to 2nd Australian General Hospital.
15 Apr 1915: Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, AANS, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Returned to Australia on HMAT 'A38' Ulysses from Egypt on 15th April 1915, disembarking Sydney.
1 May 1915: Discharged Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, AANS, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Exact date of discharge unknown.
Service record states two reasons for discharge
  • to look after the household following the death of her mother in 1915
  • to be married, Sister Gwynne married Charles Gordon MacLEOD on 14th March 1916
  • 1 Dec 1915: Promoted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1)

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    Biography contributed by Daryl Jones

    Daughter of Cornelia O'Brien and the late Reverend Canon E.H.A. GWYNNE of Tennyson Road, Ryde New South Wales, sister of Cornelia GWYNNE and Dorothy Acton GWYNNE.

    Married Charles Gordon MacLEOD on 14th March 1915.