Phyllis Mary Boissier MBE (1884 - 1976)

Born 22 Apr 1884 in Double Bay, New South Wales, Australia

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Died 26 Jul 1976 at age 92 in New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

Phyllis Boissier MBE was born in the Colony of New South Wales (1788-1900)

Phyllis Boissier MBE is an Anzac who served in World War One.

Phyllis Mary Boissier was baptised on 15th May 1884 in St Mark's, Darling Point, Sydney. She was the younger daughter of Ernest Edward Boissier and his wife Laura Lee Scott.

Phyllis began her nursing training at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, in 1905 and became matron of Manly Cottage Hospital in 1912. She volunteered for service in 1914 with the Australian Army Nursing Service and travelled to Egypt on the Kyarra where she tended wounded soldiers from Gallipoli and, later, the Western Front.

After returning from her service in The Great War she was appointed Matron of Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, Sydney. Phyllis was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire.

Phyllis became the first female Justice of the Peace in New South Wales.

In 1935 she retired to 'her cottage by the sea' at 25 Anzac Avenue, Collaroy, New South Wales. She passed away, unmarried, on 26th July 1976 New South Wales.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ New South Wales Death Index #17893/1976

• Sydney Diocesan Archives, Anglican Church Diocese of Sydney. Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Sydney, Australia, Anglican Parish Registers, 1814-2011 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017.
• The Matrons and Directors of Nursing of the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, 1882 to present
• National Archives of Australia; Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia; B2455, First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920
• Nurses’ Registration Board. Register of general nurses, 1926–1954. NRS 10855, reel 2620. The State Records Authority of New South Wales, Kingswood, New South Wales, Australia.