EVERARD, Ruby Clarice
| Service Number: | Staff Nurse |
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| Enlisted: | 30 October 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) |
| Born: | Keswick, South Australia, 9 April 1889 |
| Home Town: | Malvern, Unley, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Nurse |
| Died: | 30 October 1978, aged 89 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
North Road Cemetery, Nailsworth, South Australia |
| Memorials: | Keswick South Australian Army Nurses Roll of Honor, Unley St. Augustine's Church Roll of Honour, Unley Town Hall WW1 Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 30 Oct 1916: | Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) | |
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| 7 Nov 1916: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Nov 1916: | Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), HMAT Afric, Adelaide | |
| 8 Sep 1919: | Discharged Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) |
Life of Ruby
Born 09 April 1889 at Bay Road, Keswick
Daughter of William Francis EVERARD & Mary Anne Sarah nee CRESWELL
Of 40 Winchester Street, Malvern
Graduated RAH 1914
Enlisted 23 November 1916 at Sea
Served in London
Returned to Australia per ‘Ormonde’ 30 July 1919
In 1939 resided at Cross Road, Myrtle Bank
Died 30 October 1978
Aged 89 years
Resided Resthaven, Marion
Cremated Centennial Park Cemetery
Submitted 28 January 2016 by Faithe Jones
Biography
Daughter of William Francis EVERARD and Mary Anne Sarah nee CRESWELL
Sister of William Inns Everard
She received her 2 service medals, one with an Oak Leaf, for being Mentioned in Dispatches - a well deserved honour, according to the men whom she served. Two old Veterans told the Contributor that they were in tents, taking sick and wounded directly from the battle fields in mud and slush, with bombs dropping around them. The nurses were constantly running out of dressings and they operated in the snow, freezing cold. "They were so brave," the Vets said.Clarice kept diaries but they disappeared at the time of her death and she was not known to talk of her personal experiences during her lifetime. "As far as I can make out," the Contributor wrote, "She didn't nurse after 1919." However during the Second World War, Clarice and her sister used to spin wool and knit socks for "the boys".
Known to her family as 'Auntie Clack'
Clarice Everard was born at Marshfield, Keswick, Adelaide in 1889. She did her nursing training at the Adelaide Hospital in 1910. In May 1915 she volunteered to join the Australian Army Nursing Service to go overseas, but until she was posted abroad she served as a Sister in the Home Service. She sailed from Australia aboard the S.S. Afric in November, 1916.
Around February 1917 she was sent to France with the 3rd AGH and, while it was waiting to be set up at Abbeville, the nurses were attached to other short staffed hospitals. Clarice went to an un-named British General Hospital at Treport. She later returned to the 3rd AGH and remained with that Unit until the end of 1917.
During a German attempt to reach the channel forts, from March 21 to August 8, the 3rd AGH acted as a Clearing Hospital, taking cases directly from the battle fields.
July 1919, Clarice returned to Australia aboard the S.S. Ormonde.
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