THE ST. JOHN AUXILIARY NURSES

Sun (Christchurch), Volume II, Issue 584, 23 December 1915, Page 4

THE ST. JOHN AUXILIARY NURSES

In a letter written from Alexandria by Major G. Barclay, V.D., of the New Zealand Engineers, reference is made to the auxiliary nurses who have been sent out from England by the Order of St. John. The writer says: "The colours of the Order of St- John (black and white) and the badge of the St. John Ambulance Brigade have now become fairly familiar in the city of Alexandria, and I have had the opportunity of meeting quite a number of the nursing sisters who have been sent out by the Order as voluntary aiders for the military hospitals in the Near East. They are all very keen in their self-appointed tasks, and speak with enthusiasm of the work upon which they are engaged. They [have already earned excellent opinions I from those members of the military service who had been under their care. Some little time ago 100 St. John and 100 Red Cross voluntary aid nurses arrived from England —about half this number went to Cairo and other plaees, while the remainder were retained for duty here, and they are now distributed throughout the various hospitals in aud about the town. The fact that the Order has been able to provide this assistance to the Military Nursing Sisterhood, in addition to its other huge undertakings, must be a matter of supreme gratification to those who are interested in or associated with the organisation or any of its branches."