Rose Ann Creal

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CREAL, Rose Ann

Service no: Matron

Place of birth: Young, 3 November 1865

Address: Sydney Hospital, Macquarie Street, Sydney

Occupation: Trained nurse

Next of kin: Elizabeth F. (Bessie) Creal (sister), c/- Miss Tuckey, Anson Street, Orange

Date of enlistment: 14 August 1916

Place of enlistment: Young

Age at enlistment: 49

Fate: Embarked HMAT A63 Karoola Melbourne 19 August 1916. Disembarked Suez 20 September 1916. Appointed matron of 14th Australian General Hospital, Abbassia, 23 August 1916 Awarded Royal Red Cross, 1st class, 1 January 1919. Embarked at Port Said for UK 23 July 1919. Attended an elocution course and toured hospitals in the UK from 12 August to 31 September 1919. Returned to Australia 12 January 1920

Date of death: 7 August 1921 from appendicitis

Buried: Waverley Cemetery