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Cenotaph record

Gladys Irene Worboys

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Gladys Irene AWMM
  • Surname
    Worboys AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
  • Gender
    Female AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    5 April 1893 AWMM Mauriceville, Wellington Region AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status
    • Single/WWI AWMM
    • 1919 AWMM Married AWMM
      Married Francis (Frank) O’Brien 23 April 1919 in Wellington and divorced in 1926 AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Nurse/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Niurse Worboys served at Prees Health Military Hospital, as well as Walton on Thames. Returned to NZ in 1917.

    Daughter of John Harrison Worboys and Clara Worboys (nee Denby). She had 1 sister and 1 brother

    Attended Nelson College for Girls 1909

    She moved to Western Australia. When her Mother died, her Father joined her. When he died his ashes were returned to NZ to Karori Cemetery AWMM

Death

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  • Date of death
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  • Place of death
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Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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    • Cenotaph data entry form AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM

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