Born in Malvern, Victoria, Australia
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Leslie Charles Allen MM
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 92
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 29 Feb 2020
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Biography
Jean Elizabeth Floyd (married name Allen) was born in 19th May 1916 in Malvern, Victoria, Australia, daughter of James Floyd.
Jean was a nurse
Jean completed nursing training and was registered as a nurse.
Jean (Floyd) Allen is a Military Veteran.
Served in the Second Australian Imperial Force 1941-1946
2/10 Australian General Hospital; 2/13 Australian General Hospital; 2/14 Australian General Hospital
Served in the Second Australian Imperial Force 1941-1946
2/10 Australian General Hospital; 2/13 Australian General Hospital; 2/14 Australian General Hospital
On 17 July 1941 Jean was commissioned as a nurse into the Australian Army Nursing Service and attached to the 2/10th Australian General Hospital (AGH), then based in Malaya. She was later transferred to the 2/13th AGH.[1] Along with 58 other Australian nurses and many civilians, including women and children, Jean was evacuated from Singapore on 12 February aboard the Empress Star. The ship made port safely at Batavia (Jakarta) and later in Australia. Jean was with 2/14th AGH at Singapore at the end of the war. She was aboard the aeroplane that evacuated the Vyner Brooke nurse-survivors from Lahat, Sumatra to Singapore on 11 September 1945.[2] Jean was discharged from the AANS on 15 January 1947.
Sources
- ↑ Department of Veterans' Affairs nominal roll: VFX59691 Lieutenant Jean Elizabeth Floyd; accessed 29 Feb 2020
- ↑ Shaw, Ian W. 'On Radji Beach: The Story of the Australian Nurses after the Fall of Singapore'. MacMillan, Sydney, 2010. ISBN 978-1-4050-4024-2
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/205644536/jean_elizabeth-allen: accessed March 8, 2024), memorial page for Jean Elizabeth Floyd Allen (19 Mar 1916–15 Apr 2008), Find a Grave Memorial ID 205644536, citing Ballarat New Cemetery and Crematorium, Ballarat, Ballarat City, Victoria, Australia; Maintained by Shane König von Castlemaine (contributor 49774181).
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