Janey McRobie LEMPRIERE

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LEMPRIERE, Janey McRobie

Service Numbers:	Not yet discovered
Enlisted:	18 October 1914
Last Rank:	Matron
Last Unit:	Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1)
Born:	St. Kilda, Victoria, Australia, 31 March 1872
Home Town:	Balaclava, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Nurse
Died:	Brighton, Victoria, Australia, 22 August 1950, aged 78 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Ashes collected
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

18 Oct 1914:	Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1)
19 Oct 1914:	Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), per HMAT Benalla A24
31 Aug 1915:	Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Attached for Duty at No.1 Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield
12 Dec 1915:	Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Embarked Portland, Devon, England per HMAT Star of England A15, on transport nursing duties
29 Apr 1916:	Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, Per HMAT Orsova A67 [transport nursing duties], disembarked at Devonport, England, and posted to No.1 Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield
24 Nov 1916:	Promoted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Head Sister, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Granted temporary rank of Head Sister while Sister-in-Charge, Officers Convalescent Hospital, Cobham, Kent, England.
2 May 1917:	Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Attached for duty to 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, Kent.
27 Sep 1917:	Promoted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Matron, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), No.5 Australian General Hospital, St. Kilda Road, Melbourne
17 Sep 1918:	Involvement Hospital Transport Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kanowna embarkation_ship_number: No 2 Hospital Ship public_note: ''
17 Sep 1918:	Embarked Hospital Transport Corps, HMAT Kanowna, Sydney
4 Jan 1919:	Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Matron, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Per Hospital Ship Kanowna [transport nursing duties], for return to Australia.
17 May 1919:	Discharged Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Matron, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Termination of permanent employment.

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Daughter of William George LEMPRIERE and Jane nee HALL
Embarked from Australia to Cape Town 17January1900
Posted to School Hospital, Pretoria 23 April 1900 General Hospital Howick
Posted to Hospital Ship MONTFORD 27 May 1901
General Hospital, Pretoria 22 November 1901

Worked at 2BGH Wynberg, SCHH Pretoria, 15GH Howick, HS Montford and GH Pretoria.

Served in WW1 as Matron with AANS
Did not marry
Died 22 August 1950 in Melbourne, Vic.
Cremated Springvale Botanical Cemetery and remains collected.

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