BARRY, Florence Beatrice
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) |
| Born: | Mackay, Queensland, Australia, 1889 |
| Home Town: | Mackay, Mackay, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Coningsby School, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Nurse |
| Memorials: | Coningsby State School HB, Queensland Australian Army Nursing Service Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 26 May 1917: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Khiva embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
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| 26 May 1917: | Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), RMS Khiva, Sydney |
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Staff Nurse
AANS
Born 1889 at Mackay, Qld.
Daughter of James BARRY and Elizabeth nee GONDON
Of Norwood Farm, Bowen Road, Mackay, Qld.
Enlisted 19 May 1917
Aged 26 years
Embarked 26 May 1917 from Sydney per 'Khiva'
Served in India
Returned to Australia 13 May 1919 per 'Eastern'
Discharged 22 February 1920
Biography contributed by Marilyn Kulpinski
Florence was born on 27 September 1889 at Mackay, Queensland to Irish Immigrant, James Barry, and Elizabeth Jane Gondon, who had immigrated from St. Helier, Jersery, Channel Islands. Florence had four siblings who survived into adulthood - three sisters who all became nurses, and one brother.
On 28 Jun 1904, at age 14 Flossie was admitted to Mackay Hospital with dyspepsia, and discharged on 4 July 1904.
Her appointment was terminated in the A.I.F. on 22 February 1920 with a Gastric Ulcer Disability.
A newspaper report in the Daily Mercury on 29 November 1934 about the early days of Coningsby, Queensland, states Flossie had married a man named Forrest, and was living in Rangoon, India at the time.