Ruby Dickinson

(Confirmed)

Born: 1 January, 1885

Died: 23 June, 1918

Biographical Summary:

Sister Ruby Dickinson trained at the Lister Private Hospital, Sydney, 1906-1911. Served with 3AGH Lemnos Sept 1915; returned to Australia on transport duty July 1916; 3AGH Jan 1917; 3AAH Apr 1917; 3AGH France Oct 1917; otitis debility 23 October 1917; 2AAH/1AAH Jan 1918. Died on active service, pneumonia (following influenza) at Southwell Gardens. Buried Harefield Parish churchyard. (Source: Dr Kirsty Harris)

Her mother wrote to the authorities on 22 October 1918:

"I am told she was much appreciated for her steadfastness to duty and nursing skills, much beloved by the sick and wounded for whom she worked so hard. I shall always have the consolation of knowing that she died doing her duty."

A plaque at St. James Anglican Church (173 King Street, Sydney) reads:

In memory of Staff-Nurse Ruby Dickinson who died of pneumonia in London 23rd June 1918 and was laid to rest in Harefield Parish Churchyard England. Erected by her friends and comrades of the Australian Army Nursing Service abroad. Peace perfect peace

There's an Edith Dickinson pictured as part of Mosman's Cheero Girls. A sister or cousin perhaps?

Recorded Names:

• Ruby Dickinson
• Dickinson, Ruby

Service Number:

Ranks:

• Held rank of Nurse
• Held rank of Staff Nurse

Birth Records:

• Born in Forbes, NSW, Australia
• 1 January, 1885 in Forbes, NSW, Australia

Death Records:

• Died on service
• 23 June, 1918
• 23 June, 1918 in United Kingdom
• 23 June, 1918 in Kensington

Life Events:

• Enlisted at N/A
• Embarked from Sydney on the RMS Orontes

Address:

• Arizona Almora Street Mosman NSW Australia
• 49 Spit Road Mosman NSW Australia

Relationships:

• mother - Dickinson Julia
• father - William Dickinson
• spouse - Frederick Edmund Campbell Body

Organisations:

• Member of - Australian Army Nursing Service, Australian Army

Main Sources:

• Dickinson Ruby SERN Staff Nurse POB Forbes NSW POE NA NOK M Dickinson Julia (Item)
• Discovering Anzacs Ruby Dickinson (Webpage)
• Find War Dead ndash Dickinson Ruby (Webpage)
• Roll of Honour Ruby Dickinson (Webpage)
• First World War Embarkation Roll Ruby Dickinson (Webpage)
• Plaque Staff Nurse Ruby Dickinson (Webpage)
• Sister Ruby Dickinson patients at Southwell Gardens 1918 (Photograph)
• Sister Ruby Dickinson’s gravestone at Harefield St Mary Churchyard (Photograph)
• THE LATE SISTER DICKINSON (Newspaper Article)
• NURSE RUBY DICKENSON (Newspaper Article)
• AUSTRALIAN CASUALTIES LIST No 352 (Newspaper Article)
• Death Notice (Newspaper Article)
• Marriage Notice (Newspaper Article)

Commemorations:

• DICKINSON R. (NSE) on the West Face of the