THREE HEROIC NURSES.
(Pe»* Press Association.) Christchurch, March 20. The Hospital Board resolved : "That three ChristchurcTf nurses, Rattray, Rogers, and Hilh'ard, having lose their lives on active service in 1915, this board decide to name a ward after each of these ladies in memory of their heroism while serving their country." Dr. Fenwick said that these nurses were amongst those who lost their lives in the Marquette disaster. These girls had drifted aoout for nine" hours after the torpedoing. When the survivors were rescued, everyone of them volunteered to go back to Salonika. That was "the stuff" New Zealand's nurses made of, and their heroism made a" great impression.
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Feilding Star, Volume 2, Issue 135, 26 March 1924, Page 8
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