Fifth Contingent of New Zealand Nurses

Kai Tiaki : the journal of the nurses of New Zealand, Volume X, Issue 1, 1 January 1917, Page 2

Fifth Contingent of New Zealand Nurses

In response to a request by Brigadier General Richardson, conveyed through the High Commissioner, a small contingent of twenty-five nurses was selected and sent for service m England. Some of the nurses went on transport duty and will be retained on their arrival and detailed for duty by the Principal Matron, Miss Thurston. Had it not been for the difficulties raised by the War Office m releasing for service with our own forces the nurses who have been working m Imperial Hospitals and Hospital Ships, it is probable this contingent would not have been required. We can, of course, only take it as a compliment to our nurses that the authorities did not wish to part with them. The nurses selected were ; —

On Athenic and Opawa with 20th Reinforcements — Sisters Alice Hay ward, E. F. Martin, E. Barnes, F. Hart, L. K. Scanlon, B. Watters, N. Mandeno, E. A. Parkinson, R. C. Makeig, N. Slater, E. E. Beattie, M. McGee, J N. MoGhi*, A. C. McKerchar, S. G. Barr, I. C. Ancell, E. M. Fitzgerald, E. Beer, N. M. Jensen. In addition to these the following nurses were m England and were taken on the strength of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force : — Alexandria Whiteman (dated 19th June, 1916); M. T. S. Milne (dated 20th June, 1916): N. J. Sullivan, Ann Stewart, M. S. Silvester, Frances Cook, Grace Davison (dated 20th July, 1916); Ruth Marshall (dated 21st July, 1916); M. M. Coates (dated 14th August, 1916) ; Mary Eaddy (19th November. 1916) ; Lottie Donald (28th June, 1916).