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HURLEY, Marie Evelyn

Service Numbers:	N100298, NX76276
Enlisted:	19 August 1941, Victoria Barracks - Sydney, NSW, Australia
Last Rank:	Lieutenant Colonel
Last Unit:	2nd/13th Australian General Hospital
Born:	Bondi, NSW, Australia, 6 February 1902
Home Town:	Quirindi, Liverpool Plains, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Nurse
Memorials:

Non Warlike Service

18 Nov 1940:	Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, N100298, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Involvement: 18/11/1940, (Pre-WW2) Home Service, (A.A.N.S.), Australian Army Nursing Service; (NAA, Pg-21) Service Record of Sister: Marie Evelyn HURLEY, SN N100298, A.A.N.S.

World War 2 Service

19 Aug 1941:	Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, 2nd/13th Australian General Hospital, Victoria Barracks - Sydney, NSW, Australia
19 Aug 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant Colonel, NX76276
18 Sep 1941:	Discharged Lieutenant Colonel, NX76276, 2nd/13th Australian General Hospital
18 Sep 1941:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant Colonel, NX76276
15 Mar 1945:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches, Malaya/Singapore, Lieutenant Colonel: Marie Evelyn Hurley, SN NX76276; Unit: 2/1 Australian General Hospital; Australian Gazette, 15/03/1945, Pg-651, Pos-18; London Gazette, 08/03/1945, Pg-1305, Pos-79.
21 Feb 1946:	Honoured Royal Red Cross (1st Class), Malaya/Singapore, Lieutenant Colonel: Marie Evelyn Hurley, SN NFX76276; Unit: 2/1 Australian General Hospital; Australian Gazette, 21/02/1946, Pg-408, Pos-43; London Gazette, 14/02/1946, Pg-943, Pos-4.

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Biography contributed by Pauline Graves

See Dorothy Durrant's book "Quirindi 1939-1950 Courage and Commitment"