James Froude FLASHMAN

FLASHMAN, James Froude

Service Number: Officer
Enlisted: 14 July 1915, Sydney, New South Wales
Last Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
Last Unit: 1st Australian Auxiliary Hospital, HAREFIELD
Born: Braidwood, New South Wales, Australia, 13 June 1870
Home Town: Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling: Sydney Grammar School, Sydney University
Occupation: Medical Practitioner
Died: Died of Illness - Pneumonia, Boulogne, France, 12 February 1917, aged 46 years
Cemetery: Wimereux Communal Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais - Hauts-de-France
Plot III, Row G, Grave 1
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World War 1 Service

14 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Lieutenant Colonel, Sydney, New South Wales
14 Jul 1915: Embarked 1st Australian Convalescent Depot, HMAT Orsova, Sydney
14 Jul 1915: Involvement 1st Australian Convalescent Depot, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: ''
17 Jul 1915: Embarked 1st Australian Convalescent Depot, HMAT Orsova, Melbourne
17 Jul 1915: Involvement 1st Australian Convalescent Depot, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: ''
12 Feb 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant Colonel, Officer, 1st Australian Auxiliary Hospital, HAREFIELD
12 Feb 1917: Involvement --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: No. 1 Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield Park awm_rank: Lieutenant Colonel awm_died_date: 1917-02-12

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

James Froude FLASHMAN was born in Braidwood, NSW on 13th June 1870

His parents were James Froude FLASHMAN & Hannah Elizabeth FANAWAY who married in NSW in 1854

He married Irene Flora DEWAR on 11th March, 1904 in St Marys Cathedral in Edinburgh, Scotland - two children Ann Flora Froude & James Alan Froude both born in NSW

He died from Pneumonia in France on 12th February, 1917 and is buried in the Wimereux Communal Cemetery

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His son James Alan Froude FLASHMAN (SN NX150) served during WW2 as a Captain in the Australian Medical Corps and died on 18th April, 1941 in Greece

His daughter Ann Flora Froude FLASHMAN (later Lady RYLAH) became the first woman to enrol in Sydney University School of Veterinary Science

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