17 March

On Friday, in the morning, at Harefield (St Mary’s) Churchyard, Middlesex, His Excellency the Honourable Paul de Jersey AC and Mrs Kaye de Jersey laid a wreath in honour of Australians who died at the No. 1 Australian Auxiliary Hospital at Harefield Park, and then laid memorials on the graves of Queenslanders buried there, Private Oscar Harold Jones and Gunner William Lingley.

In the afternoon, in London, the Governor and Mrs de Jersey hosted a lunch with Queenslanders living and working in the United Kingdom.

Following, at the Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, the Governor and Mrs de Jersey toured facilities and received a briefing on operations, including collaboration with Queensland and Australian institutions on the treatment of children with chronic illnesses.