MCDONALD, Gladys Myrtle
| Service Numbers: | QX22815, QFX22815 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 11 July 1941, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Staff Nurse |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/13th Australian General Hospital |
| Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 17 July 1909 |
| Home Town: | Ashgrove, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Nurse |
| Died: | Lost at Sea - Presumed Drowning (SS Vyner Brooke), Banka Island, Netherlands East Indies, 14 February 1942, aged 32 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Memorial Location: Column 142,, Singapore Memorial |
| Memorials: | Augusta Australian Army Nursing Sisters Monument, Australian Military Nurses Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bicton Vyner Brooke Tragedy Memorial, W.A., Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital Memorial Rose Garden, Kapunda Dutton Park Memorial Gardens Nurses Plaques, Singapore Memorial Kranji War Cemetery |
World War 2 Service
| 11 Jul 1941: | Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, QX22815, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Brisbane, Queensland | |
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| 11 Jul 1941: | Enlisted QFX22815 | |
| 27 Aug 1941: | Transferred Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, 2nd/13th Australian General Hospital | |
| 2 Sep 1941: | Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, QFX22815, 2nd/13th Australian General Hospital, HMAS Wanjanella | |
| 12 Feb 1942: | Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, QFX22815, 2nd/13th Australian General Hospital, Embarked: 12/09/1942, "SS Vyner Brooke"; Evacuated Singapore (with 65 other nurses, and civilians); to Japanese Aircraft attack, sinking disaster of SS Vyner Brooke - Date and Place: 14/02/1942, Bangka Strait, (by Bangka Island); leading on from this Staff Nurse: Gladys Myrtle McDONALD, was officially presumed - missing, and death at sea by drowning; (AWM) The Sinking of the SS Vyner Brooke. |
OUR SINGAPORE NURSES
Emotional Welcome As Gallant Women Return
Fremantle, Western Australia; The Australian Women's Weekly
Saturday; 3 November 1945, Page 19.
OUR SINGAPORE NURSES
BY: Josephine O'Neill
No legendary figures, but ordinary women, you, who died
Facing the water, last glance each to each
Along the beach, leaving your bodies to the accustomed surf
Your hearts to home
No legendary figures, but ordinary women, you, who lived
Holding the spirit, through the camps slow slime
Unsoiled by time ...
Bringing your laughter out of degraded toil
As a gift to home
As ordinary women, by your dying you fortify the mind
As ordinary women, by your living you honor all mankind.
TROVE: http://nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/55465571
Submitted 6 November 2018 by Daniel Bishop
Biography contributed by Daniel Bishop
John McDONALD & Charlotte Mabel Annie (nee-Smith) McDONALD.
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