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New Zealand Military Nursing
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New Zealand Military Nursing |
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| New Zealand Army Nursing Service - Royal New Zealand Nursing Corps |
| August 1914 - Nurses to Samoa |
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Return to.. World War 1 JayForce Vietnam - RNZNC - & Civilians |  This photo was taken on the steps of the captured German hospital in Samoa. Back row (l to r): I Willis, E Brooke (Second in Charge), B Nurse (Sister in Charge), and F Wilson. Front row (l to r): V Maclean, L McNie and L Brandon. |
The First World War was declared on 4 August 1914. M-i-C Hester Maclean asked if nurses would be sent with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (NZEF). The response was "No nurses would be sent'. However on 7 August M-i-C Hester Maclean received a request for six nurses to proceed with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. The six nurses requested on 7th August left NZ on the 15 August 1914 for an unknown destination which, turned out to be Samoa. Six nurses left NZ but seven arrived in Samoa. Ida Willis stranded, on holiday in Fiji was taken on strength and also served in Samoa. The New Zealand Army Nursing Service (NZANS) had yet to be established, therefore these nurses were attached to the New Zealand Medical Corps - No 4 Field Ambulance, as members of the New Zealand Medical Corps Nursing Service Reserve and were issued with Regimental Numbers which were later replaced with NZANS numbers. As you can see below there were some issues with numbers issued to the nurses in 1914 and these appear to have been of various combinations. In 1915 when three of these nurses became members of the NZANS and went away with the first 50 nurses the Regimental Numbers published in the nominal roles was were incorrect and were later altered. It is appears that the senority of the nurses who served in Samoa may have attributed to the change as they were issued with the first three numbers 22/1, 22/2 and 22/3. |
Surname
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1st Names |
NZANS
Reg. No 1915 |
Reg. No. Nominal Roll 1915
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1914 Reg.No
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NZANS Service Began
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Country Attested
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Date Attested
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Training Hospital
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Year Qualified
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NZRN Number
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Married Name
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DOB
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Died
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Bertha Grace |
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48 |
3/73 |
23/03/1915 |
NZ |
11/08/1914 | Wellington |
1904 |
397 |
1871 |
20/12/1960 |
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Wilson |
Fanny |
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49
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0/28 & 3/77
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06/04/1915 |
NZ |
11/08/1914 |
Wellington |
1910 |
706 |
25/5/1878
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11/09/1958 |
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MacLean |
Vida Mary Katie |
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50
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3/75
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06/04/1915 |
NZ |
11/08/1914 |
Wanganui |
1910 |
845 |
4/11/1881
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01/07/1970 |
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McNie |
Louise Alexa |
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06/07/1915 |
NZ |
11/08/1914 |
Christchurch |
1910 |
868 |
Buchanan |
1879 |
09/05/1941 |
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Evelyn Gertrude |
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0/29
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22/06/1915 |
NZ
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10/08/1914 |
Wellington |
1907 |
614 |
Brown |
13/9/1879
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11/02/1962 |
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Brandon |
Louise Elizabeth |
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0/30 & 3/76 |
10/07/1915 |
NZ |
10/08/1914 |
Wellingotn | 1910 |
847 |
1874
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23/09/1945 |
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Willis |
Ida Grace |
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0/35
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06/07/1915 |
Fiji |
27/08/1914 |
Wellington |
1910 |
852 |
29/12/1881
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07/03/1968 |
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Back to top Bibliography Sherayl McNabb; 100 YEARS - New Zealand Military Nursing: New Zealand Army Nursing Service - Royal New Zealand Nursing Corps: 1915-2015. Published 2015. |
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