Sister Jean Erwin
Sir,—l should like humbly to pay a tribute to that gallant lady, the late Sister Jean Erwin, who was a shining example of dedication and devotion to the great and unselfish task of healing others. During World War I she was operating theatre sister in “Tin Town,” No. 1 N.Z. General Hospital, Brockenhurst, Hampshire. She told me not so long ago that, when the terrible cavalcade of wounded arrived at “Tin Town” from the First Battle of the Somme, she was compelled to witness many dreadful sights. Many a returned soldier is under a great debt of gratitude to her. I mentioned the sinking of the Marquette in 1915, but she told me not to go on as she could not stand mention of it for, she said, she had been in the water for eight hours.—Yours, etc., 6/4417. July 28, 1969.
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Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32052, 29 July 1969, Page 12
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