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Mrs. C. W. J. Gumbley, who died in Sydney last night after a long illness, was the wife of Mr. Gumbley, rector of St. Luke's Church of England, Whitmore square, from 1939 to 1945.

During her stay in Adelaide she endeared herself to hundreds of children from needy families. She acted as"camp mother" for children attending the annual boys' camp sponsored by "The News," and helped to provide a hot lunch daily for 200 children from the city's west end during the winter months. Mrs. Gumbley, who was Miss Amy Glenthora Bembrick before her marriage, was born in New South Wales. She trained as a nurse at the Western Suburbs Hospital, served as an Army nurse in World War I., and met her husband while she was nursing in Salonika. Her three daughters-Mrs.R. W. L. Crosby, of Blair Athol, Millicent, and Alison-were all trained as nurses. A son. Tony, is at school in Sydney. Mr. Gumley went to Sydney in 1945 as rector of All Saints'Church, Hunter's Hill.

News Tuesday 14 June 1949 page 3