ALMOND, Gertrude Mary
| Other Name: | Bright, Gertrude Mary - Married Name |
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| Service Number: | Staff Nurse |
| Enlisted: | 29 September 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Staff Nurse |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) |
| Born: | Yorkshire, England, 1888 |
| Home Town: | Glenelg, Holdfast Bay, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Nurse |
| Died: | Septicaemia (Progressive), Massive Carbuncle of Back (3 weeks), Diabetes (15 years), Glenelg, South Australia, 23 November 1943 |
| Cemetery: |
North Road Cemetery, Nailsworth, South Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Sep 1916: | Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Staff Nurse, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) | |
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| 9 Dec 1916: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Kaiser-i-Hind embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 9 Dec 1916: | Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), SS Kaiser-i-Hind, Sydney | |
| 10 Jan 1917: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Disembarked in the Suez, Egypt and taken on strength at No.14 Australian General Hospital. | |
| 29 Aug 1917: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Resigned appointment with No.14 Australian General Hospital located at Abbassia, on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt the Australian Imperial Force due to marriage. |
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Sister of Coultas Price ALMOND
Of Bayswater Road, Darlinghurst, NSW
Came to Australia c 1903
Married Percy Douglas BRIGHT
2 children
Resided 'Strommess', Althorpe Place, Glenelg
Died 23 November 1943 at Rua Rua Private Hospital, North Adelaide, SA
Cause of death Septicaemia (Progressive), Massive Carbuncle of Back (3 weeks), Diabetes (15 years)
Aged 60 years
Resided 73 Northcote Terrace, Medindie, SA
Privately interred North Road Cemetery
Biography contributed by Hamish Robson
Marriage;
AANS Nurses who married overseas during WWI
ALMOND, Gertrude Mary, Sister
Married Captain Percy Douglas BRIGHT, (1st Aust Remount Unit, AIF), on the 29th of August 1917 at the Garrison Chapel, Abbassia, Egypt.
https://www.greatwarforum.org/blogs/entry/2836-aans-nurses-who-married-overseas-during-ww1/
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