Born 10 May 1932 in Townsville, Queensland to Lulu Jean Gordon & Victor Harold Day in Queensland. Lulu was the daughter of Sir David Gordon, president of the South Australian Legislative Council.

 November 1940 - the family including 7 children were living in Albury where Victor had taken up the job as a manager at Dalgety’s Albury.

 1944  - the family were living at ‘Carieon’, Kiewa Street, Albury.

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Having sold their property at Wooragee, Mr and Mrs Victor Day have now purchased one at Kiewa. Border Morning Mail, 17 February 1951.

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Mrs Victor Day, accompanied by Nurse Patricia Day of Wangaratta, motored to Melbourne to visit her daughter Helen who is nursing at the Royal Melbourne Hospital. Border Morning Mail, 3 November 1951.

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Nurses Perryman and Day, members of the staff of the Ovens District Hospital were successful in passing the final examination held recently by the Nurses’ Board of Victoria. Ovens and Murray Advertiser, 20 December 1952.

 Date of qualification 20 February 1953.

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Sister Patricia Day, daughter of Mr and Mrs Victor Day has accepted an appointment to the staff of Mentone hospital. Border Morning Mail, 21 February 1953.

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Sister Pat Day, Beechworth, who spend a few days in Melbourne is now staying with her parents Mr and Mrs Victor Day; Tangambalanga. Nurse Helen Day is also home on leave from Melbourne. Border Morning Mail, 24 January 1953.

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Sister Patricia Day has returned to Melbourne after spending a few days at her home at Tangambalanga. Border Morning Mail, 26 May 1953.

 August 1953 address is c/o "Atholwood," Tangambalanga. “Atholwood” was the family home.

 1954 ER Patricia is a nurse at the Chelsea-Mordialloc Hospital.

 Arrived Southampton, England, 29 May 1958 on the SS Zuierkruis.

 2 Oct 1958 is registered as a nurse on the UK & Ireland, Nursing Registers, 1898-1968.

 1963 is a nurse at Bindawalla Hospital, Wellington, New South Wales.

 Married John William Blackhall, an accountant on 14 December 1963.

 Died 13 September 2021. Most likely at Wauchope, a town in the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales. 

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