NICHOLLS, Florence Annie
| Service Number: | Sister |
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| Enlisted: | 13 January 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Sister |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) |
| Born: | Richmond, Victoria, Australia , 18 February 1884 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Staff Nurse |
| Died: | Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 27 March 1954, aged 70 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Creswick Public Cemetery C of E, Row 13, Grave 2471 Florence Anne Blyth |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Jan 1915: | Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, Sister, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) | |
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| 3 Apr 1916: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, Detached for duty with 1st AA Hospital, Harefield, England | |
| 3 Jun 1916: | Honoured Royal Red Cross (2nd Class), Awarded Royal Red Cross (2nd Class) Date of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 21 September 1916 Location in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: Page 2622, position 63 Date of London Gazette: 3 June 1916 Location in London Gazette: Page 5602, position 5 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
The Sun (Kalgoorlie, WA : 1898 - 1929)Sunday 16 May 1909 - Page 7
Nurse Florence A. Nicholls, of the Menzies Hospital, got through her Third Year Final exam, recently conducted at the Kalgoorlie Hospital.
The Daily News (Perth, WA : 1882 - 1950)Monday 19 June 1911 - Page 3
TRAINED NURES' ASSOCIATION.
EXAMINATION RESULTS
Following are the names of the successful candidates at the recent Australian Trained Nurses' Association examination held in Perth and Kalgoorlie:… Florence; A. Nicholls (Kalgoorlie Public Hospital)
The Daily News (Perth, WA : 1882 - 1950)Tuesday 22 August 1916 - Page 6
SISTER F. NICHOLLS (Western Australia), awarded the Royal Red Cross; Sister Nicholls left Perth with the first staff of nurses for the front. She is a native of Avoca, Victoria.
Sunday Times (Perth, WA : 1902 - 1954)Sunday 20 August 1916 - Page 1
SISTER F. NICHOLLS.
Of this State, who has been awarded the Royal Red Cross for meritorious work in Egypt. She is at Harefield Hospital.
The Essendon Gazette and Keilor, Bulla and Broadmeadows Reporter (Moonee Ponds, Vic. : 1914 - 1918)Thursday 14 September 1916 - Page 3
LETTER FROM A NURSE
The following is taken from a letter to Miss B. Nichol, organist at East Essendon Church, from her sister, Miss Florrie Nichol, a former resident of Essendon, now a Red Cross nurse in England. Writing from the Aust. Aux. Hospital, Harefield, Middlesex, England, on July 26th, she goes on to say-"I have been awarded the Royal Red Cross. I was dreadfully nervous when going up to Buckingham Palace for the King to decorate me. I shall never forget what I remember of it.
The Cross is made of silver, Maltese in shape, with a circular opening in the centre, in which the King's head is engraved; the rest is red enamel, showing a margin of silver on the back. In the circular centrepiece are the King's initials, and on the other part of the cross, "Faith, Hope and Charity, 1883" are engraved. The ribbon to which the cross is attached is blue with a strip of red on either side.
It is a great honour and I don't feel I am nearly as worthy of it as many other of our girls. I am not talking from any sense of modesty, but from what I know to be the fact, and I should like to see many whom I could name honoured in a similar manner."
Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 - 1954)Saturday 17 March 1917 - Page 10
Miss F. A. Nicholls,
Who has been awarded the Second-class Royal Red Cross. She was trained in West Australia, and went to Egypt with the first nursing unit. She is now a sister at Harefield Park Hospital, England.
Trained at Gort Hospital, Kalgoorlie and Geraldton Hospitals.
Married BLYTH
Biography contributed by Sandra Barry
Florence married Walter Broomfield Blyth in 1922.
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