Honours and Awards

Kai Tiaki : the journal of the nurses of New Zealand, Volume XII, Issue 4, 1 October 1919, Page 170

Honours and Awards

Recent announcements by cable give the following awards of the Royal Red Cross :

Sister Edna Pengelly, A.R.R.C., the firstclass of the Order ; Sister Cora Anderson, A.R.R.C. (whose marriage is announced) the first-class of the Order ; Sisters Edith McLeod, Mary O'Connor, Elizabeth B. Young, Elizabeth Smailes, Winifred Stronach, Jean Ingram (Mrs. Haggett, whose marriage was announced m our last issue), Annie Maclean, Mrs. Fulton, the secondclass.

Sister Edith McLeod, trained m Masterton Hospital, was one of the second party of thirty nurses to leave for active service. She was a survivor of the " Marquette," and has been continuously on service m Egypt, England, and France for nearly five years.

Sister 0' Connor, trained m Blenheim Hospital, also went with the second contingent, and served with distinction m Imperial Hospitals m Egypt before being called to rejoin the New Zealand unit.

Sister Smailes, trained m Wellington Hospital, was one of the first fifty contingent of nurses, and has been on duty nearly five years.

Mrs. Fulton, the widow of the late General Fulton, was matron of Trentham Camp early m the war, and then accompanied her husband on transport to Egypt, where she went on duty as home sister at Pont de

Koubbeh Hospital. She accompanied the unit to Brockenhurst, and was home sister there, and the news of the honour she has received will be learnt with great pleasure by the many nurses who came under her kindly care.

Sister Winifred Stronach was trained at Palmerston North. She went out early m the war, and has done splendid service.

Sister Jean Ingram was one of the first contingent of fifty. She has served all the time with the New Zealand Hospitals, and was attached to the No. 1 N.Z. Stationary Hospital m France. She was on active service for four years, and shortly after her return to New Zealand was married to Mr. Haggitt, also a returned soldier, and is living m Central Otago. She was trained at Nelson Hospital, and St . Helens, Dunedin.

Sister Annie Maclean, trained at Dunedin Hospital and Dunedin St. Helens, and afterwards matron of Naseby Hospital, was one of the second contingent of nurses, and served m Egypt m Imperial Hospitals and ships.

Later came the announcement of honours conferred for Home Service and Hospital Ship's duty. These aie the award of the Royal Red Cross, Second Class, to Sisters Elsie McAllum, Nellie Grant, Ruth Gilmer, Kathleen Gumming and Matron Hilda Burton.