ROBERTSON, Gwendoline Hope
| Service Number: | 503448 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 6 September 1943 |
| Last Rank: | Sister (Nursing Service) |
| Last Unit: | RAAF Hospitals |
| Born: | Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 23 September 1910 |
| Home Town: | Broken Hill, Broken Hill Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Nurse |
| Died: | Illness, Adelaide, South Australia, 7 May 1945, aged 34 years |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Plot W Row B Grave 10 |
| Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian Military Nurses Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Daw Park Repatriation Hospital WW2 Women of the Armed Forces Who Died HR, Kapunda Dutton Park Memorial Gardens Nurses Plaques, St Marys SA Army Nursing Sisters/Women Memorial Wall |
World War 2 Service
| 6 Sep 1943: | Involvement 503448, Australian Army Medical Women's Service | |
|---|---|---|
| 6 Sep 1943: | Enlisted | |
| 6 Sep 1943: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 503448 | |
| 7 May 1945: | Involvement Sister (Nursing Service), 503448, RAAF Hospitals | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Gwendoline Robertson completed nursing training at RAH in 1937 and was appointed Staff Nurse in 1938, then Charge Nurse in 1939.
Gwendoline commenced training at the Broken Hill Hospital and in 1934 came to Adelaide and entered the Royal Adelaide Hospital as a trainee. After graduation, she worked for seven years at Royal Adelaide Hospital.
At the time of her enlistment in the RAAF in 1943, she was sister in charge of Adelaide Ward, Royal Adelaide Hospital. She was stationed at Ascot Vale and Warburton Vic with the RAAF. After a serious illness at Warburton she went back to Ascot Vale, and was transferred back to Adelaide. Her memorial service was held in the nurses' chapel at the Royal Adelaide Hospital and she was buried with full military honours.
In 1950, her name was placed on the roll of honor in Westminster Abbey, dedicated by Queen Elizabeth on 2 November 1950, as a memorial to all nurses of the British Commonwealth who died while serving with the forces in the 1939-45 war.
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