Flora Athol ROBERTSON

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ROBERTSON, Flora Athol

Service Numbers:	Not yet discovered
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Not yet discovered
Last Unit:	Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force
Born:	Bathurst , New South Wales, Australia, 1874
Home Town:	Bathurst, Bathurst Regional, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Nurse
Died:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , 30 December 1960, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW Remains were cremated and scattered.
Memorials:	Bathurst District's Nurses and the Centenary of The Great War Memorial Plaque

World War 1 Service

28 Nov 1914:	Involvement 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: ''
28 Nov 1914:	Embarked 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF, HMAT Kyarra, Sydney
5 Apr 1919:	Involvement Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Melusia embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
5 Apr 1919:	Embarked Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force, SS Melusia, Sydney

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Biography contributed by VWM Australia

Enlisted as Flora Robertson

Biography contributed by Sandra Barry

The following information is provided by Australian Nurses in World War 1 -

World War 1 Service: Flora enlisted as a Sister with the Australian Army Nursing Service on 21.11.1914 and embarked on 28.11.1914 from Sydney per "Kyarra". Service in Lemnos, Egypt, in the field in France and England. Returned to Australia on 14.2.1918 per "Persic" On Duty. Appointment Terminated 28.2.1918. Re-enlisted 4.2.1919 and Re-embarked 5.4.1919 per "Melusia". Service as Matron at Namanula Hospital, Rabaul, New Guinea

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal

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