DICKINSON, Ruby
| Service Number: | Nurse |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 26 July 1915, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Staff Nurse |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) |
| Born: | Forbes, New South Wales, 8 July 1885 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Nurse |
| Died: | Pneumonia, Harefield, Middlesex, England, 23 June 1918, aged 32 years |
| Cemetery: |
Harefield (St. Mary) Churchyard Grave Aust. 57 - Inscription: Peace Perfect Peace |
| Memorials: | Australian Military Nurses Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kapunda Dutton Park Memorial Bullwinkel Memorial, Maryborough Nurses HB, Melbourne St. Paul's Cathedral AANS Great War Roll of Honour, Sydney St. James Anglican Church Staff Nurse Ruby Dickinson Memorial Plaque |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Jul 1915: | Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Nurse, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sydney, New South Wales | |
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| 31 Jul 1915: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 31 Jul 1915: | Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), RMS Orontes, Sydney | |
| 11 Jul 1917: | Enlisted | |
| 31 Aug 1917: | Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney | |
| 31 Aug 1917: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
| 23 Jun 1918: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: Australian Army Nursing Service awm_rank: Staff Nurse awm_died_date: 1918-06-23 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Daughter of William (deceased 1911) and Julia DICKINSON
Of 'Arizona' Almora St. Mosman, Qld.
Ruby received her nursing training at the Lister Private Hospital in Sydney, finishing in 1911.
In 1915 she enlisted in the Australian Army Nursing Service, and leaving Australia in July of that year, she served in military hospitals in Alexandria, Lemnos, France and in the UK.
She died of pneumonia on 23 June 1918, contracted while working at the No 1 Australian Auxiliary Hospital at Harefield.
Ruby was 32 and the daughter of William and Julia Dickinson, of "Arizona," Almora St., Mosman, Queensland.
Her mother wrote to the authorities on 22 October 1918: "I am told she was much appreciated for her steadfastness to duty and nursing skills, much beloved by the sick and wounded for whom she worked so hard. I shall always have the consolation of knowing that she died doing her duty."
Ruby married Frederick E. Body in Sydney in 1914, and after he enlisted for service, she followed suit but used her maiden name, and mother as next of kin.
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