ANDREWS, Jessie Mary Busby
| Service Number: | Staff Nurse |
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| Enlisted: | 27 August 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Staff Nurse |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) |
| Born: | Goulburn, NSW, 13 January 1893 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Nurse |
| Died: | Southhampton, England, 27 November 1964, aged 71 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Aug 1917: | Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Staff Nurse, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) | |
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| 15 Sep 1917: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ayrshire embarkation_ship_number: A33 public_note: '' | |
| 15 Sep 1917: | Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), HMAT Ayrshire, Sydney |
Special despatch to make sure birth not recorded at Turkish
Sister Jessie Andrews, who went to Palestine in 1917 as a member of the A.A.N.S., was married at St. George's Cathedral, Jerusalem, on March 8, 1919, to Captain Gerald Masson, 9th A.L.H., who had been a farmer at Tailem Bend, S.A., before he enlisted in the 1st A.I.F. Mrs. Masson returned to Australia at the end of 1941 and her husband who, after the last war became chief agricultural officer in the Palestine Department of Agriculture, arrived at the end of 1943.
Their eldest daughter, who has just become engaged was born at Mount Carmel one of the first British children born in Palestine after the occupation. A special despatch was sent to the British Foreign Office to make sure that her birth with four others, was not recorded as Turkish.
Sydney Morning Herald Saturday 10 June 1944 page 9
Submitted 12 February 2016 by Faithe Jones
Romance Celebrated in Palestine - 21st Wedding Anniversary
1919 A.I.F. Romance Celebrated in Palestine
By J. A. Hetherington, Special Representative of "The News" withthe A.I.F. JERUSALEM. March 10 .ON March 8, 1919, Capt. Gerald Masson, of the 9th Light Horse, and Sister Jessie Andrews, an Australian war nurse, of Sydney. entertained friends at a party in the dining room of a Jerusalem hotel before their wedding next day. The Massons on Friday entertained a number of Australian nurses on leave in Jerusalem at a party at their home. They later visited the hotel, which!is now an Australian Soldiers Club and invited the Australians there to have a drink in celebration of their twenty-first wedding anniversary. Capt. Masson was a farmer at Tailem Bend before he enlisted in the great war. He is now Chief Agricultural Officer in the Palestine Department of Agriculture. His wife came to Palestine as a war nurse in 1917, and the Massons have remained in Palestine ever since, with the exception of two visits to Australia. Capt. Masson told me that it seems, like being home to hear Australian voices again in Jerusalem after 20 years. "When I look at the present race of diggers I see no difference between them and the First A.I.F." he added.
The News Monday 11 March 1940 page 6
Submitted 12 February 2016 by Faithe Jones
Marrie in Jerusalem
A military wedding of special interest took place at St. George's Cathedral, Jerusalem, on March 8, when Jessie Mary Busby, A.A.N.S., late of the Coast Hospital, Sydney, only daughter of Mrs. F. A. Andrews, was married to Gerald Gustav, late of the 9th Light Horse Regiment, at Present with the Occupied Enemy Territory Administration,only son of Mrs. and Mr. E. S. Masson, Adelaide, South Australia. The service was fully choral. The bride, who looked charming in mess uniform, carried a bouquet of stars of Bethlehem, the gift of the American Red Cross, and. was given away by Sister H. Taylor Williams, A.A.N.S., and attended by Sister L. J. Kelman, while Captain W. E.Evans, M.B.E., supported the bridegroom. The ceremony was performed by Captain Chaplain 0. W. Birch, M.C., S.C.F., assisted by the bishop's chaplain. A reception was held afterwards at the residence of 'the bis-hop's chaplain. Among the guests were the Chief Administrator of Occupied Enemy Territory, Major-General Sir A. W. Money,K.C.B., C.S.I., Brigadier-General R. Storrs, Mrs. and Major G. R. Tadman, Mrs. and Captain 0. Bonett, Miss Cullot, and Miss Woods,from the American Red Cross, Major H.Simmons, Major A. W. Bourke, Major R. R.Fowler, and the officers of Occupied Enemy Territory Administration, and the officers of the Military Governor's staff, Jerusalem. The happy couple left by motor for Jaffa. Their present address is Jerusalem.
Sydney Morning Herald Saturday 03 May 1919 page 9
Submitted 12 February 2016 by Faithe Jones
Biography
Daughter of Henry P ANDREWS and Florence Ada nee PIDDINGTON
Of 29 Elizabeth Street, Sydney, NSW
Occupation prior to enlistment Nurse at Public Health Dept. Coast Hospital, Sydney
Embarked 15 September 1917 from Sydney per 'Ayrshire'
Served in Egypt
Resigned appointment 08 March 1919 in Cairo, Egypt
Jessie married 9 March 1919 at St George's Cathedral, Jerusalem.
Her husband was Gerald Gustave Masson who was a Captain in the 9th Light Horse. He was born in South Australia.
Jessie and Gerald lived in Palestine for many years. Gerald was Chief Agricultural Minister working for the Palestine Civil Service.
Gerald died in Victoria in 1963, cremated 02 October 1963 at Springvale Botanical Cemetery and cremated remains were collected.
Jessie died Southhampton, England 27 November 1964.
A military wedding of special interest took place at St. George's Cathedral, Jerusalem, on March 8, when Jessie Mary Busby, A.A.N.S., late of the Coast Hospital, Sydney, only daughter of Mrs. F. A. Andrews, was married to Gerald Gustav, late of the 9th Light Horse Regiment, at Present with the Occupied Enemy Territory Administration, only son of Mrs. and Mr. E. S. Masson, Adelaide, South Australia. The service was fully choral. The bride, who looked charming in mess uniform, carried a bouquet of stars of Bethlehem, the gift of the American Red Cross, and. was given away by Sister H. Taylor Williams, A.A.N.S., and attended by Sister L. J. Kelman, while Captain W. E.Evans, M.B.E., supported the bridegroom. The ceremony was performed by Captain Chaplain 0. W. Birch, M.C., S.C.F., assisted by the bishop's chaplain. A reception was held afterwards at the residence of 'the bis-hop's chaplain. Among the guests were the Chief Administrator of Occupied Enemy Territory, Major-General Sir A. W. Money,K.C.B., C.S.I., Brigadier-General R. Storrs, Mrs. and Major G. R. Tadman, Mrs. and Captain 0. Bonett, Miss Cullot, and Miss Woods,from the American Red Cross, Major H.Simmons, Major A. W. Bourke, Major R. R.Fowler, and the officers of Occupied Enemy Territory Administration, and the officers of the Military Governor's staff, Jerusalem. The happy couple left by motor for Jaffa. Their present address is Jerusalem.
Sydney Morning Herald Saturday 03 May 1919 page 9
1919 A.I.F. Romance Celebrated in Palestine
By J. A. Hetherington, Special Representative of "The News" withthe A.I.F. JERUSALEM. March 10 .ON March 8, 1919, Capt. Gerald Masson, of the 9th Light Horse, and Sister Jessie Andrews, an Australian war nurse, of Sydney. entertained friends at a party in the dining room of a Jerusalem hotel before their wedding next day. The Massons on Friday entertained a number of Australian nurses on leave in Jerusalem at a party at their home. They later visited the hotel, which!is now an Australian Soldiers Club and invited the Australians there to have a drink in celebration of their twenty-first wedding anniversary. Capt. Masson was a farmer at Tailem Bend before he enlisted in the great war. He is now Chief Agricultural Officer in the Palestine Department of Agriculture. His wife came to Palestine as a war nurse in 1917, and the Massons have remained in Palestine ever since, with the exception of two visits to Australia. Capt. Masson told me that it seems, like being home to hear Australian voices again in Jerusalem after 20 years. "When I look at the present race of diggers I see no difference between them and the First A.I.F." he added.
The News Monday 11 March 1940 page 6
Sister Jessie Andrews, who went to Palestine in 1917 as a member of the A.A.N.S., was married at St. George's Cathedral, Jerusalem, on March 8, 1919, to Captain Gerald Masson, 9th A.L.H., who had been a farmer at Tailem Bend, S.A., before he enlisted in the 1st A.I.F. Mrs. Masson returned to Australia at the end of 1941 and her husband who, after the last war became chief agricultural officer in the Palestine Department of Agriculture, arrived at the end of 1943.
Their eldest daughter, who has just become engaged was born at Mount Carmel one of the first British children born in Palestine after the occupation. A special despatch was sent to the British Foreign Office to make sure that her birth with four others, was not recorded as Turkish.
Sydney Morning Herald Saturday 10 June 1944 page 9
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