" TAKE THE FIGHTING MEN FIRST! "

Kai Tiaki : the journal of the nurses of New Zealand, Volume VIII, Issue 4, 1 October 1915, Page 198

" TAKE THE FIGHTING MEN FIRST ! "

Hekoic Nurses' Splendid Sacrifice. (Rec. November 12, 1.15 a.m.). London, November 11. The " Morning Post," on the authority of the captain of a French cruiser, narrates an incident which is ' worthy to live m the history of our Empire,' as illustrating the capable part our women are playing. It was when the cruiser recently was assisting m saving life after an unnamed transport had been torpedoed m the Aegean Sea. There were thirty-six nursing sisters on board, of whom ten were drowned. When the French boats arrived the nurses with one accord, called out : " Take the fighting men on first 1 ' : (Rec. November 12, 1.15 a.m.). London, November 11. The newspapers give prominence to a casualty list containing the names of ten New Zealand Staff nurses who are reported missing. It is believed that they were drowned m the transport Marquette. — " Dominion."