Obituary MRS FANNY HORNE
Mrs Fanny Horne, one of the few New Zealand nurses to be rescued from a torpedoed ship during World War One, has died in Christchurch.
As a newly-trained nurse from the Christchurch Public Hospital. Mrs Horne (nee Abbott) immediately volunteered for active service on the outbreak of war in 1914 Stationed in Alexandra she nursed wounded from Gallipoli. She was aboard the transport ship Marquette, as one of the New Zealand nursing staff attached to No 1 Stationary Hospital bound for Salonika. The ship was torpedoed in the Gulf of Salonika and Mrs Horne was one of the 26 New Zealand nursing sisters to survive the attack.
Throughout the war she continued nursing service in England and other service areas in Europe. Back in New Zealand after the war, Mrs Horne took up Plunket nursing work m Kaiapoi, Leeston and Southbridge and did not retire until during World War Two. Her other interests up till the time of her death included assistance in work for the aged, the Karitane and Plunket organisations, the War Amputees’ Association and the Canterbury Nurses’ Association.
She is survived by two brothers and four sisters.
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Press, Volume CI, Issue 29843, 8 June 1962, Page 2
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