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KINNANE, Florence Frances
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | 4 September 1917, Enlisted at Keswick, SA |
| Last Rank: | Staff Nurse |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) |
| Born: | Hammond, South Australia, 22 January 1891 |
| Home Town: | Parkside, Unley, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Nurse |
| Died: | New York, United States of America, 1965, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Gilles Street Primary School WW1 Honour Roll (New), Keswick South Australian Army Nurses Roll of Honor |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 4 Sep 1917: | Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Enlisted at Keswick, SA | |
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| 13 Sep 1917: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
| 13 Sep 1917: | Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), HMAT Runic, Melbourne | |
| 29 Sep 1919: | Discharged Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Discharged at the 4th Military District | |
| Date unknown: | Wounded |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Daughter of Thomas KINNANE and Catherine Agnes nee HAYES
Service in Egypt and Salonika
Ill with Influenza August 1918
Returned to Australia 12 July 1919 per “City of Exeter” On Duty
Appointment terminated 22 September 1919
Arrived in USA in 1922 and was naturalised in 1936.
She married Edmond ROELOFSMA who played a bass clarinet with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra and also Philadelphia Philharmonic Orchestra.
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
Studied nursing at the North Adelaide Private Hospital for four years
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Mother of Donald Roelofsma