FLOREY, Ann Julia
| Service Number: | Sister |
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| Enlisted: | 2 April 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Sister |
| Last Unit: | Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve (QAIMNSR) |
| Born: | England, 1880 |
| Home Town: | Hawthorn, Boroondara, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Nurse |
| Died: | Hawthorn, Vic., 1962, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Dodonaea, Colonnade 3, Section P Niche 41 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Apr 1915: | Enlisted British Forces (All Conflicts), Sister, Sister, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve (QAIMNSR) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Daughter of Joseph FLOREY and Bertha Mary nee WADHAM
Sister of Sir Howard FLOREY
Appointed to QAIMNSR 02 April 1915
17 May 1916 to Bombay per 'Dengola'
18 June 1916 Joined for duty at Amarah
01 July 1917 On River Convoy duty P 51
22 July 1917 Rejoined from Dett duty
10 September 1917 Effective with Unit Amarah
28 October 1917 Posted to Baghdad for duty
04 November 1917 Joined for duty at Baghdad
25 June 1917 Awarded Royal Red Cross 2nd Class
15 August 1917 Mentioned in despatches Lt. Sir Stanley Maude K.C.B.
17 January 1918 Admitted to hospital in Baghdad
28 January 1918 Discharged to duty
09 February 1918 Proceeded to India per H.T. Janus contract expired
Returned to UK 29 May 1918 per 'Dunluce Castle'
'Sister Anne Julia Florey has served under me for the last three months. I consider her a thoroughly well trained nurse, tactful, most reliable and good tempered, she possesses good sound common sense, her powers of administration are excellent with far above the average of her rank. She takes an interest in training her orderlies.'
Appointment terminated 30 May 1918
Applied for assisted passage return to home back in Adelaide 22 October 1919
Residing at Bungalow, West Clandon, Surrey, England
Matron at Abington Public School in England in the 1940's
Did not marry
Died 1962 in Hawthorn, Vic.
Buried 02 March 1962 Springvale Botanical Cemetery Dodonaea, Colonnade 3, Section P Niche 41
Mentioned in Despatches
Date of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 21 September 1916
Location in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: Page 2624, position 71
Date of London Gazette: 21 June 1916
Location in London Gazette: Page 6184, position 63
Awarded Royal Red Cross 2nd Class
25 June 1917