DOHERTY, Gertrude Marion
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | 5 May 1915, Claremont, Western Australia |
| Last Rank: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Unit: | 1st Australian General Hospital |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Nurse |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 5 May 1915: | Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Claremont, Western Australia | |
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| 24 May 1915: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), 1st Australian General Hospital, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: RMS Mooltan embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 24 May 1915: | Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), 1st Australian General Hospital, RMS Mooltan, Fremantle |
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Father W Doherty and Mother (nee ________)
lived in 'Leicester', Shenton Road, Claremont, Western Australia
Described on enlisting as 27 years old; single;
5/5/1915 Enlisted at Claremont, Western Australia
25/6/1915 Embarked from Fremantle on board A62 Wandilla
as a Staff Nurse with 1st Australian General Hospital, special reinforcements
Gertrude Doherty, from WA, wrote to her cousin Muriel in Sydney:
"We look forward to our letters on mail day. Of course we can never make our letters sound as cheerful as yours. I am sure you will understand why when I tell you that we are surrounded by sadness and sorrow all the time ... do you know, Muriel, that as many as 72 operations have been performed in one day in our hospital alone ... you could not imagine how dirty the poor beggars are, never able to get a wash, mud and dirt ground in and nearly all of them alive with vermin.
They feel ashamed being so dirty, we always tell them that if they came down any cleaner we would not think they had been in it at all.
A group of Australian nurses sailed for France in 1916, organised by the Australian Red Cross and financed by the Australian Jockey Club. Their blue uniforms were made by department store David Jones, hence their name The Bluebirds. They were, they said, 'gifts to France'." (Pam Casellas, The West Australian (www.thewest.com.au), 28 July 2008).
1/1/1918 Received Award - ROYAL RED CROSS (2nd class)
in London Gazette
Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 30/11/2014. Lest we forget.
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