TRUMBLE, Lucy (Louisa) Mary
| Service Number: | 22/267 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 December 1915, Christchurch, New Zealand |
| Last Rank: | Nurse |
| Last Unit: | New Zealand Army Nursing Service |
| Born: | Nerring, Vic., 27 March 1880 |
| Home Town: | Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Nurse |
| Died: | Wellington, New Zealand, 5 November 1955, aged 75 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 3 Dec 1915: | Enlisted Nurse, 22/267, New Zealand Army Nursing Service, Christchurch, New Zealand |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Born Mary Louisa TRUMBLE 1874 in Nerring, Vic.
Daughter of Henry TRUMBLE and Bridget nee MANIX
Commenced duty 03 December 1915
Served 209 days in New Zealand
Served 3 years 218 days Overseas in Egypt
Discharged 01 February 1920
She continued nursing in New Zealand after the war.
She died 5 November 1955 in Wellington, New Zealand (as Louisa Mary Trumble).
New Zealand cemetery records has her as Sister L M Trumble.
Awarded Royal Red Cross 2nd Class
Bendigo Nurse Decorated
Miss Lucy Mary Trumble, a resident of Bendigo, has been awarded the Royal Red Cross (second class). She trained for the nursing profession In New Zealand, and left there with a military unit at the beginning f the war. At present she is attached to No.29 General Hospital, Cairo. Mr W. E. Trumble, of Beatty street, Toorak, recently received the following communication from the New Zealand Minister for Defence
I have much pleasure in informing you that Nurse Lucy Mary Trumble, of whom you are the nominated next-of-kin, has been appointed a member of the Royal Red Cross (2nd class) for meritorious services in connection with the war. Please accept my hearty congratulations on her having gained such acoveted distinction.
Miss Trumble is a cousin of Mr T. Trumble, Secretary for Defence, and has many friends in Victoria.
Weekly Times Melbourne Saturday 09 March 1918 page 8