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]
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