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RYAN, Brigid Gertrude
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | 15 July 1915, Service aboard “Kanowna” throughout the war and completed her 7th voyage in November 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Sister |
| Last Unit: | Hospital Transport Corps |
| Born: | Dookie, Victoria, Australia, 1881 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Shepparton, Victoria, Australia, 6 February 1964, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Dookie Cemetery, Victoria, Australia |
| Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 15 Jul 1915: | Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Hospital Transport Corps, Service aboard “Kanowna” throughout the war and completed her 7th voyage in November 1917 | |
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| 17 Jul 1915: | Involvement 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Jul 1915: | Embarked 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF, HMAT Orsova, Melbourne | |
| 22 Dec 1915: | Involvement Hospital Transport Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kanowna embarkation_ship_number: No 2 Hospital Ship public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1915: | Embarked Hospital Transport Corps, HMAT Kanowna, Sydney | |
| 1 Apr 1918: | Promoted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, Hospital Transport Corps, Service aboard “Kanowna” throughout the war and completed her 7th voyage in November 1917. In between transports she saw Service in Egypt and England. | |
| 27 Jul 1918: | Discharged Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, Hospital Transport Corps, Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal. | |
| 7 Mar 1919: | Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, Hospital Transport Corps, Returned to Australia per "Kanowna" on duty on 7.3.1919 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sandra Barry
Brigid was the daughter of John Ryan and Ann Ryan nee Kenny.
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