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Burke-Gaffney, Florence Charles

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University of Melbourne Roll of Active Service entry: GAFFNEY, FLORENCE CHARLES BURKE 1903. Xavier; Trinity; former student of Med.; M.B. (Sydney). February 1916, Capt. A.A.M.C.; to Moascar, Egypt , April 1916; R.M.O. 10th L.H. Regt.; Egypt, Sinai, Syria, Palestine, till December 1916; 2nd A.S.H. till March 1917; Major 1917; Moascar till March 1918; then lent to R.A.M.C. as Surgeon 31st B.G.H. Abbassieh; Surgeon Specialist 88th B.G.H., and No. 2 P.O.W. Hosp. Heliopolis January 1919; Rest Camp Port Said; O.C. Surgical Section Hospit,il Ship to Australia. Demob. 29.8.19.

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M.B., Ch.M. : Major, A.A.M.C., A.I.F., Egypt and Palestine. After being captain in A.A.M.C. from 4th April, 1914, joined A.I.F. 14th October, 1915, and served in Egypt, Sinai and Palestine as R.M.O. 10th A.L.H. Regt. until 12th February, 1917. Was then at No. 2 Australian Stationary Hospital, and lent in March, 1918, to 31st British General Hospital and later Surgeon-Specialist, 88th British General Hospital and No. 2 Prisoner of War Hospital, Heliopolis, returning to Australia as O.C. Surgical Section on hospital ship. Early education at Xavier College. Later at Trinity College, Melbourne, while undergraduate in Medicine.
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