The last of five children born to Alfred Edward Thorwald Dyring and Caroline Raedeker. Date of birth 23 October 1900. Her mother, also called Caroline, died in 1908. Father married again in 1915 to Elsie May Jarrett. Had three boys and 1 daughter.

Attended school at Tallangatta.

DYRING—JARRETT.-The engagement is announced of Caroline Gladys (Bubbie), youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. T. Dyring, Albury- (late of Tallangatta, Victoria), to Albert Harrold (late A.I.F.), eldest son of Rev. and Mrs. W. Jarrett, Dutton-terrace, Medindie.

Advertiser, Adelaide, 22 November 1919.

This marriage does not appear to have taken place.

ATNA Examination Results

PASS LIST

… Caroline G. Dyring …

Sydney Morning Herald, 6 December 1924

Older sister Effie, also qualified as a nurse in 1924 – Mooroopna Hospital.

A pleasant evening was spent at the Albury and District Hospital on Thursday to say farewell to Nurse Dyring, who has completed her four years course. About 40 persons were present. After supper, Matron Steele, on behalf of the nursing staff of the hospital, presented Nurse Dyring with a xylonite brush and comb. In making the presentation, Matron Steele spoke in eulogistic terms of Nurse Dyring's association with the hospital and said that the whole staff joined her in wishing Nurse Dyring every success in the future.

Albury Banner and Wodonga Express, 30 January 1925.

1926 – Registered as a nurse at Albury.

The Kurri Kurri Hospital Board has appointed Sister Caroline Dyring of the Albury district to the nursing staff.

Maitland Daily Mercury, 31 August 1926.

ORANGE – Twenty four applications were received for two vacancies on the nursing staff of the district hospital. The successful applicants were Sister C. Brophy and Sister C. Dyring.

Daily Telegraph, Sydney, 28 November 1927.

MIDWIFERY BRANCH.

… Royal Hospital for Women.-Beryl Ada Seymour Arnold, Ellen Austin, Doris May Henson, Winifred Marie Narelle Hilliard, Lawyra Burrows, Ethel Gert-rude Cameron, Sheila Cary, Lucy Beatrice Chapman, Edna Curwen-Walker, Naomi Dinsmore, Caroline Gladys Dyring, …

Sydney Morning Herald, 3 December 1927.

Resignations of Sisters Dyring and Brophy were accepted at the last meeting of the Orange Hospital Committee.

National Advocate, 19 June 1928.

Completed general nurse training at Albury Hospital, December 1924 and midwifery training at the Royal Hospital for Women, Sydney, in November 1927.

September 1928 appointed surgical sister at the Gippsland Hospital. See Gippsland Times, 13 September 1928.

Gippsland Times, 2 December 1929.

An evidence of the competent and popular manner in which Miss Dyring who has been Acting Matron of the Gippsland Hospital during the past six months carried out her duties, was manifest in a social evening that took place at the Hospital on Friday night. Sister Dyring has resigned from the staff and in saying farewell the Medical Staff, Nursing and Domestic staff made her presentations as tokens of good will for her future. Matron Buckley resumed duties yesterday.

1930 ER Nurse at Breadalbane, (near Crookwell) New South Wales

Crookwell Gazette, Wednesday 20 April 1932.

The ordinary monthly meeting of the Crookwell District Hospital Board was held at the Shire Chambers last night (Tuesday)… The resignation of Sister Dyring was received and was accepted with regret. Sister Dyring has been appointed Matron of the Temora Hospital. Members of the Board eulogised Sister Dyring and said that her departure would mean a loss to the institution.

April 1932 - appointed Matron of the Temora District Hospital.

1934 & 1935 ER listed as Matron at Temora District Hospital

1937 ER listed as nurse West Gippsland Hospital.

1938 address is- 55 Moorabbin Rd, Mentone. Her sister Effie is also living there.

MARYBOROUGH – Miss Caroline Dyring, at present in charge of a private hospital at Castlemaine, has been appointed matron of the Maryborough Hospital. She will succeed Miss Jessie McPhee, who has resigned.

Argus, 16 February 1940.

1941 at Melbourne Benevolent Home, Cheltenham – corner Kingston & Warrigal Roads, Cheltenham.

ER 1943 Nurse living at 4a Burnie Street, Toorak.

BEECHWORTH

Hospital Auxiliary

Mrs G. Retallick. president, presided at the October meeting of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Ovens District Hospital. The secretary (Miss M. Fletcher) reported that the first three in the series of euchre parties being conducted by Cr L. Gilchrist and Messrs F J Skidmore and W. G. Hoffmann in aid of the fund, had returned £2 14/6, £3/10/ and £4/7/0 respectively. In response to requests by the matron, it was decided to purchase an electric beater for the kitchen, also a dozen glass jugs and two dozen tumblers.

Border Morning Mail, 6 November 1944.

Ovens District Hospital

Members of the board of management present at the October meeting were: Messrs B. M. Zwar (president K. H. Zwar. F. Le Couteur, E. J. Manton. T. G. Smith. W. Callaghan, W. N. Moonie and P A. Taylor.

… The president welcomed Matron Dyring who had taken over since last meeting, …

Border Morning Mail, 6 November 1944.

DISTRICT NEWS

BEECHWORTH Christmas Party at Hospital

At the annual Christmas party at Ovens District Hospital, Father Christmas visited the wards and presented gifts to patients, who were also served with Christmas cake, ice-cream and soft drinks by members of the ladies' auxiliary. Items were given by Mrs. Garland (piano-accordion), Mrs. J. Pritchard and G. Marks (solos) and the town band. On behalf of the auxiliary, Mrs. J. M. Crosthwaite presented a fire screen and an electric fan to the matron (Miss C. Dyring) and gave her hearth rug for the nurses' home. At the conclusion of the party, the staff of the hospital entertained Sister Mary Martin, who is to be married in February, at a kitchen tea.

Border Morning Mail 

Does No Nurse Want a Job in Paradise?

A job at the Ovens District Hospital, Beechworth, reads like a job in paradise - but unless two double-certificated sisters sign on soon, the six-bed midwifery section will have to close. And this is the kind of life the sisters would lead (if they'd only come), as told by Mr. C. A. Reynolds, hospital secretary, yesterday:

"Every nurse has a bedroom to herself, and there is a sitting-room with wireless. Our meals are good, too - the nurses say so! It's a modern hospital - built in 1940 - and so is the nurses' home.

Both single and double certificated nurses have the status and pay of sisters. They can get plenty of tennis and golf - and the local ski club runs buses to Mt. Buffalo and other snow re-sorts in the area.

The two sisters who are leaving originally agreed to come for three months, but they stayed for nine. That's how good our conditions are.

If nurses could only see our hospital and the beautiful little town of Beechworth, I'm sure we'd have no trouble in getting two.

This is the first time any section of the hospital has had to close since it was established in 1856."

The hospital handles between 50 and 70 maternity cases a year, and the nearest hospitals are Wangaratta (25 miles) and Yackadandah Bush Nursing (16 miles). The arrival of many New Australians in the Beechworth district increased the demand for maternity accommodation.

But, unless two sisters apply for paradise, the midwifery section will be empty after June."

Argus, 6 March 1951.

Beechworth Hospital – “A Home away from Home – Is Looking for Nurses

Unless two certificated sisters are engaged at the Ovens District Hospital, Beechworth soon, the midwifery ward will have to be closed down. This is not the only worry at the hospital, where, with only three trainee nurses, there is a desperate shortage of staff generally and the position is growing worse.

Yesterday a "Mail" reporter made inquiries among past and present nurses of the hospital in an endeavor to ascertain cause of the lack of numbers of nurses coming to Beechworth to do their training.

Generally, nurses were unanimous in their praise for the conditions and life in the hospital and could not give any reason for the staff shortage.

Nurse Pat Day who is at present doing her second year as a trainee nurse at the Wangaratta Base Hospital and who did her initial training at Beechworth, said “that Beechworth with its modern hospital and up to date facilities should have no staff problems.”

Excellent Food and Amenities

“The food is excellent, perfectly cooked by an expert chef and there are very nice living quarters, with a room to each nurse with a wireless to listen to,” she said.

All the girls who have had to leave Beechworth to do their second years training have all looked forward to returning to the Ovens District Hospital, … (unreadable)

We could not wish for a better matron and personally I could not wish for a finer person to work under.”

 … Marjorie Perryman, who is completing her second year’s training at Wangaratta and who commenced at Beechworth, said that in her opinion there was not a better place to be than Beechworth. As far as training is concerned, it is extremely thorough. It has held me in good stead during my Wangaratta course and I think it … un readable.

 “We can play golf, tennis and go ski-ing in winter. There are numerous balls during the year and though there aren’t as many varieties of entertainment in Beechworth as there are in the big towns, we managed to make our own fun.”

 “Home Away From Home”

A nurse who has completed 18 months at the Ovens District Hospital and whose home is in Melbourne, Nurse Pat Dunstan; had this to say about the hospital at Beechworth: “To me it is a home away from home. I was a year away from here while I did my second year and I was terribly glad to get back to Beechworth. We are all treated like a family here and of course that means a lot when you are away from home.”

Nurse Dunstan was full of praise for Matron Dyring. “We all love her,” she said “and I think having a nice matron is the main thing when you are training to be a nurse.

The secretary of the hospital, Mr C A Reynolds, said “that all possible means of securing staff had been tried and things were growing worse instead of better. Anything the board can do will be done to attract nursing staff,” he said.

Border Morning Mail, 8 March 1951.

Beechworth Hospital ball, a good show

The annual Beechworth Hospital Ball, held in the Regent Theatre on Monday evening- was financially and socially one of the most successful ever held. Four hundred people, including dancers from as far as Melbourne and Bendigo, danced until the early hours of the morning. Highlight of the evening was a “penny a vote" contest conducted to select a Miss Beechworth, 1951. Winner of this title was Nurse Patrina McKenzie, who only recently commenced training at the Ovens District Hospital.

A Belle and Beau of the Ball were chosen at the conclusion of the first sitting of supper. Belle was Miss Leslie Robinson and Beau, Cr. H. R. Sinclair, of Stanley. Thanking the president of the auxiliary (Mrs. McBean) on behalf of both the Miss Beechworth winner and the Belle, Cr. Sinclair said that thanks to the untiring efforts of the matron and her band of helpers, the ball was again this year an outstanding success.

Although this year there was no organised "Miss Beechworth" competition conducted for several weeks prior to the ball, the financial result was exceptionally pleasing to the auxiliary. A total of £109 was taken at the door, the 'lightning" "Miss Beechworth" contest yielded £20, and a street stall conducted on Friday by the nursing staff resulted in a profit of £100. This outstanding stall profit was due almost entirely to the efforts of the hospital chef, Mr. Tim Scott, who worked unceasingly for two weeks, baking cakes, pastries and biscuits to be sold at the stall. "His work was wonderful," was the comment of Matron Dyring on Monday evening. "We don't know what we would do without him."

Border Morning Mail, 23 May 1951

BEECHWORTH

Matron C G Dyring who has been the matron of the Ovens District Hospital for the past nine years has been appointed matron of the new Mordialloc-Cheltenham District Hospital at Parkdale.

Argus, 12 February 1953.

From the minutes of the House Committee Minute Book (ODH) Caroline may have left the ODH around 17 November 1952.

ER 1954-1968 Nurse at Mordialloc Hospital.

ER 1972-1977 is at 476 Glen Eira Road, South Caulfield.

Died 1 February 1981 at Edithvale – buried Cheltenham New Cemetery. Left a will.

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