Mary Gertrude

Mary Gertrude MBE (born Anne Greene, 1884–1965), was an Australian nurse and provincial superior, and a member of the Sisters of St. John of God.

Born in Killard, County Clare, Ireland, she settled in Australia around 1905.

She worked as a nurse in hospitals run by her order in Western Australia.

In 1929, she began serving at the order's mission in north Western Australia, where she was influential in securing a hospital for Aboriginal Australian patients with leprosy.

[1][2] Mother Mary Gertrude was appointed provincial superior of her order in the North-West in 1947, and served two six-year terms.