Branch of Service

Army

Conflict

World War I (1914-1918)

Date of Enlistment

19/10/1915

Date of Discharge

14/03/1919

Place of Enlistment

Sydney NSW

Gender

Female

Date of Birth

18/12/1874

Place of Birth

Kowen ACT

Address (at enlistment)

Sydney NSW (previously Kowen ACT)

Occupation

Nurse

Next of Kin

John Gallagher (father), Browns Flat, Burbong ACT

Final Rank

Sister

Final Unit

25 General Hospital

Bungendore War Memorial

Flora Gallagher was born at the family property at Browns Flat near Burbong on 18 December 1874. She trained as a nurse and enlisted on 19 October 1915 in Sydney. She served with the 14th General Hospital in Rouen and the 25th General Hospital before returning to Australia and being discharged on 14 March 1919. Flora Gallagher married Frederick Young in 1920 and died on 20 January 1938. She was the sister of Evelyn Gallagher and aunt of Janet Gallagher.

Description - height 5 feet 8 inches, weight 168 pounds, chest 40 inches, dark complexion, grey eyes, brown hair.

Rex Cross, 'Bygone Queanbeyan', 1980
Neville Gallagher, 'The Long Travail', 1987
Peter Procter, 'Biographical Register of Canberra and Queanbeyan', Canberra, Heraldry and Genealogy Society of Canberra, 2001
NAA RecordSearch - Series B2455 (First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920)