WOODBRIDGE, Beryl
| Service Numbers: | 34859, V10741, VX53060, VFX53060 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 January 1941, A.A.M.C., Depot - Melbourne, Vic, Australia |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 10th Australian General Hospital |
| Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 11 February 1905 |
| Home Town: | Camberwell, Boroondara, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Nurse |
| Died: | Natural causes, Canterbury, Victoria, Australia, 29 September 1986, aged 81 years |
| Cemetery: |
Box Hill General Cemetery, Victoria Grave Location: CE-1070. Also Memorial Location: Wall 93/Row C - Victorian Garden of Remembrance |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Bicton Vyner Brooke Tragedy Memorial, W.A. |
Biography contributed by Daniel Bishop
Daughter of Arhtur WOODBRIDGE & Eliza Ann (nee-TINGAY) WOODBRIDGE.
Biography contributed by Daniel Bishop
Emotional Welcome As Gallant Women Return
Fremantle, Western Australia; The Australian Women's Weekly
Saturday; 3 November 1945, Page 19.
OUR SINGAPORE NURSES
BY: Josephine O'Niell
No legendary figures, but ordinary women, you, who died
Facing the water, last glance each to each
Along the beach, leaving your bodies to the accustomed surf
Your hearts to home
No legendary figures, but ordinary women, you, who lived
Holding the spirit, through the camps slow slime
Unsoiled by time ...
Bringing your laughter out of degraded toil
As a gift to home
As ordinary women, by your dying you fortify the mind
As ordinary women, by your living you honour all mankind.
TROVE: http://nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/55465571
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