SPROULE, Florence St George
| Service Number: | Staff Nurse |
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| Enlisted: | 24 June 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Staff Nurse |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF |
| Born: | Corowa, NSW, 1883 |
| Home Town: | Flinders, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Nurse |
| Died: | Camberwell, Vic., 29 April 1957, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Flinders War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Jun 1915: | Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Staff Nurse, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) | |
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| 17 Jul 1915: | Involvement 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Jul 1915: | Embarked 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF, HMAT Orsova, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Daughter of James SPROULE and Mary Brodie nee SMITH
Of Flinders, Victoria
Trained Children's Hospital
Married Walter Green Ivor Frederick Steele HEWETT 27 March 1916 at Garrison Chapel, Abbassia, Egypt.
Divorced in 1924
WEDDING IN EGYPT
Miss Florence St. George Sproule was the ninth army nursing sister to be married in the Garrison Chapel, Abbassia, Egypt. On March 27 her wedding was celebrated there with Captain Walter Green Ivor Frederick Steele Hewett (2nd L.H. A.T.F.), son of Mr. T. P. Hewett. St. James Square, London. This Harrison Chapel is part of the Australian General Hospital Building. Sister Sproule was attached to No. 1 Australian General Hospital. The bridal party was in uniform. The bride, who was given away by Colonel W. E. Summons, A.A..M.C. (Camberwell), wore a mess uniform of grey silk. Miss Lorna Cook (Flinders), her bridesmaid, who is engaged in patriotic work in Egypt, appeared in her Red Cross uniform. Mrs. Hewett, who is a daughter of the late Mr. James Sproule, of Flinders, returned recently to Melbourne. At present she is staying with Mr. W. St. G. Sproule, her brother, at "Rete," Barry street, Kew.
Weekly Times Victoria Saturday 20 May 1916 page 4
Photograph Punch Thursday 29 July 1915 page 21
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