QUIGLEY, Daisy Annette
| Service Number: | Staff Nurse |
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| Enlisted: | 27 February 1918 |
| Last Rank: | Staff Nurse |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) |
| Born: | Dunedin, New Zealand, 27 May 1886 |
| Home Town: | Canterbury, Boroondara, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Nurse |
| Died: | Canterbury, Vic., 22 July 1956, aged 70 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Box Hill General Cemetery, Victoria P 142 0041 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Feb 1918: | Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Staff Nurse, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) | |
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| 7 Mar 1918: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: SS Ormonde embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 7 Mar 1918: | Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), SS Ormonde, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
Born Amelia QUIGLEY 27 May 1886 at Dunedin, New Zealand
Daughter of Daniel QUIGLEY and Rosina nee MURRAY
The Quigley family came to Australia and Daisy was fostered to the Rogers family. Her foster parents were Charles John Rogers, a police magistrate and Florence Isabella Elizabeth nee Eager. She was considered to be their daughter and one newspaper article said she was an adopted daughter and another article she was considered a sister to the Rogers children.
Foster Mother Florence ROGERS
Of 4 Beaumont Avenue, Canterbury, Vic.
Baby Health "Pioneer" Farewelled
Ballarat, Friday
Sister D. A. Quigley a pioneer nurse of the Ballarat Baby Health Centre, was given a civic farewell by Cr. W. E. Roff Mayor, at the City Hall today. Council officers presented her with a handbag and gloves.
Sister Quigley retired recently after 27 years' service. She began her work in a room at the City Hall in 1923
During World War I, she served with the Australian Army Nursing Service in India.
The Argus Saturday 22 December 1951 page 17