Nurses for the Front

Kai Tiaki : the journal of the nurses of New Zealand, Volume VIII, Issue 4, 1 October 1915, Page 167

Nurses for the Front

The nurses who have been selected to leave with the sixth reinforcements are :— Nurses McCallum, Gordon-Boyd, Anderson, Naismith, Brooke-Leers, and Sister Newall. Three nurses will be on each transport. Sister Newall, who was to have left with the sisters m the hospital ship, but was unable to do so owing to an attack of appendicitis, is m cbaige of one, and associated with her will be Nurses Brooke-Leers and Gordon-Boyd. Nu.se McCallum, who has been a sub-matron at St. Helen's Hospital, Wellington, will be m change of NuiS3s Anderson and Naismith, who will go with her. All the nurses, with the exception of Sister ■ Newall, have been working at the Trentham Camp Hospital, where they have gained valuable experience and insight into military hospital work and casualties. A presentation of badges to the military nurses was made by Her Excellency Lady Liverpool at the Parliament House on August 14th. The Right Hon. the Premier, the Hon. J. Allen, the Hon. Sir

Francis Bell, the Hon G. W. Russell, the Hon. A. L. Herdman, the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Ward, the Mayor (Mr. J. P. Luke), Dr. Valintine, Mrs. Massey, Lady Ward, ty£_s. C. Ward, and Miss Paget were among those who were present. Her Excellency gave each nurse a box of chocolates as a parting gift, and a number of books were also given by Mr. David Nathan. The Minister of Health addressed the nurses, and wished them Godspeed, and a happy return. The Minister of Defence, also expressed his good wishes, and paid a special tribute to the splendid work of the nurses at Trentham. The object of the nurses leaving was probably to bring back the sick and wounded from Egypt and Malta, but it was possible that they might be called upon to remain m Egypt. They belonged to the New Zealand Army Medical Corps, and had to obey orders, and he was sure that they would do whatever was required very willingly. At the conclusion of the meeting cheers were given for Lady Liverpool and the nurses.