BEMBRICK, Amy Glenthora
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) |
| Born: | Grenfell, NSW, 26 October 1893 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Nurse |
| Died: | Hunters Hill, NSW, 13 June 1949, aged 55 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW |
| Memorials: | Burwood Methodist Ladies College WW1 Honour Roll, Grenfell Great War Memorial |
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 |
Obituary
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
Submitted 14 February 2016 by Faithe Jones
Biography
Sister
AANS
Born 26 October 1893 at Grenfell, NSW
Daughter of Alfred BEMBRICK and Elizabeth nee FOWLER
Of Sutherland Road, Epping, NSW
Enlisted 10 May 1917 at Sydney, NSW
Aged 23 years
Embarked 09 June 1917 per 'Mooltan' from Sydney
Served in Salonika
Returned to Australia 23 July 1919 per 'Canberra'
Appointment terminated 15 October 1919
Married in 1922 to Charles William James GUMBLEY
Died 13 June 1949 at her residence All Saints Recotry, Hunters Hill, NSW
Buried Northern Suburbs Crematorium
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