BOON, Gladys Elizabeth Clare
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) |
| Born: | Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia, 19 February 1891 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Nurse |
| Died: | Manly, New South Wales, Australia, 25 November 1948, aged 57 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Newcastle Memorial Park (fmly Beresfield Crematorium) PLOT Drive Wall M/33 |
| Memorials: | Orange Methodist Church WWI Roll of Honor, Orange Methodist Sunday School Honor Roll, Orange WW1 Honour Board, Wellington Hall of Memory Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Jun 1917: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Mooltan embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
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| 9 Jun 1917: | Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), RMS Mooltan, Sydney |
Firkin-Boon Wedding in Orange
Firkin-Boon Wedding
A quiet but pretty wedding was celebrated by the Rev. T Manning Mylor at the Methodist Church, Orange, the contracting parties being as Gladys Boon, second youngest daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. D Boon of Orange and Mr. Arthur Firkin, second son of Mr. C, Firkin, Walsend.
The Bathurst Times Friday 31 July 1925 page 2
Submitted 14 February 2016 by Faithe Jones
Nurse Boon returns home to Orange
NURSE BOON.
Staff-nurse Gladys Boon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Boon, returned to Orange on Wednesday and was very warmly welcomed at the station by a host of admirers and friends of the family. She looks remarkably well. The Model Band played the train in and then the Mayor (Ald. Treweeke) extended a hearty welcome home to Nurse Boon on behalf of the citizens and Mr. Percy Martin voiced similar sentiments on behalf of the returned soldiers. Mr. S. Lamrock (brotherin-law) suitably acknowledged the compliments. Nurse Boon has been away two years and three months, mostly in Salonika, where she was when the armistice was signed. Then she went across to England to work in the big hospital at Dartford. She was accompanied home by her father and mother, and also Sister Stokes, of Condobolin, who has been with Nurse Boon on active service.
Leader Friday 29 August 1919 page 7
Submitted 14 February 2016 by Faithe Jones
Biography contributed by Sandra Barry
The remains of Sister Gladys Firkin were cremated at Northern Suburbs Cemetery.
Her family arranged for Gladys to be remembered at Newcastle Memorial Park. Drive Wall M/33.
Biography
Staff Nurse
AANS
Born 19 February 1891 at Goulbourn, NSW
Daughter of David William BOON and Elizabeth nee SOUTHWELL
Trained at Orange District Hospital
Resigned December 1916 to work at Randwick Hospital
Enlisted 03 April 1917
Embarked 12 June 1917
Served in Egypt and Salonika
Undertook a course in Domestic Economy at Battersea Polytechnic in London in April 1919
Appointment terminated 25 September 1919
Married in 1925 Arthur Laurie FIRKIN at Methodist Church, Orange.
Died 25 November 1948 (suddenly) at a Private Hospital in Manly.
Resided 11 Longworth Avenue, Wallsend
Cremated Northern Suburbs Cemetery
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