EDSALL, Florence Emily
Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Sister |
Last Unit: | Sea Transport Staff |
Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 2 September 1883 |
Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Daylesford, Victoria, Australia, 3 September 1920, aged 37 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Brighton General Cemetery, Victoria CE ZA Grave 1722 |
Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
5 Jun 1918: | Involvement Sea Transport Staff, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
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5 Jun 1918: | Embarked Sea Transport Staff, RMS Orontes, Sydney | |
15 Sep 1918: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, Sea Transport Staff, Returned to Australia 15 September 1918 per “Arawa” On Duty | |
8 Feb 1919: | Discharged Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, Sea Transport Staff |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sandra Barry
Florence was the daughter of Henry Davis Howers Edsall and Elia Jane Edsall nee Pincombe.
Western Mail Thursday 16 September 1920 page 27
From Melbourne comes news of the death of Sister Florence Edsall, Western Australian member of the Australian Army Nursing Service, who during the war served overseas and was later attached to No. 8 A.G.H., Perth. Sister Edsall died at Daylesford (Victoria), where she had taken up a nursing appointment. The funeral took place on Tuesday of last week in the Brighton Cemetery.
The remains of Sister Florence Edsall were buried at Brighton General Cemetery.