Lieutenant Florence Hannah Pownceby
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Pownceby,
Florence Hannah
Date of birth: 1885-10-05
Place of birth: Wentworth Ontario Canada
Next of kin: Elizabeth Boensel, mother. 64 Lyndhurst Street, Rochester, New York, U.S.A.
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Nurse
Occupation (normalized): Professional Nurse, General
Address:
64 Lyndhurst Street, Rochester, New York, U.S.A.
Gender: female
Religion: Church of England
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: NA
Highest Rank:
Lieutenant
Rank detail
Lieutenant (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: yes
Commemoration location: War Service Badge Class A
RESEARCH INFORMATION
LAC ID:
588589
Attestation record(s): image 1
Service file: B7951-S002
Uploader's Notes: Florence was single when she served in the War. Among her postings were Orpington in England and Shorncliffe, and Westenhanger. The particulars of units on whose strength Florence served are: No 16 Can. Gen., No 3 can. Gen., Kitchener Military Hospital, Can. R.C.S. Hospital, Buxton; Granville Can. Special Hospital, Buxton M.D. #2. In 1920 she married Bernard Dyart Coombes in Hamilton, Ontario.
Uploader's Research notes:
September 2015 - single VM offered in JHA Sale no. 118.
[Nursing Sister Army Canadian Army Medical Corps No. 16 Canadian General Hospital ]ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2009-01-25
Last modified: 2021-04-28