Edith Hilda Lewis
Born 6 Jul 1888 - Died 2 Jan 1986
- Service number
- WWI 22/535 AWMM
- Also known as
- MacLEODPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 November 2016 - Military Record & Research
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- NZ Army Nursing ServicePublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 November 2016 - Military Record
- Last rank
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- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
- Title
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- Forenames
- Edith Hilda AWMM
- Surname
- Lewis AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
- MacLEODPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 November 2016 - Military Record & Research
- Service number
- WWI 22/535 AWMM
- Gender
- Female AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Religion
- Church of EnglandPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 November 2016 - Military Record
Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 6 Jul 1888 Public Source
- Date of birth
- 6 July 1888Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 November 2016 - Military Record & Research
- Place of birth
- Clive, Hawke's Bay, NZPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 November 2016 - Military Record & Research
- Birth notes
- daughter of William James & Harriet LEWISPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 November 2016 - Military Record & Research
- Address before enlistment
- Mountain Road, Eltham, TaranakiPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 November 2016 - Military Record & Research
- Post war occupation
- Nurse at Featherston Military Hospital, then shifted to Lone Pine, Great Marlow, Grafton, NSWPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 November 2016 - Military Record & Research
- Next of kin
- Mrs H. Lewis (mother), Mountain Road, Eltham, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- Single
1921 married John William Hugh MacLeod in NSW AustraliaPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 November 2016 - Military Record & Research
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
- No 2 NZGH at Walton on Thames;Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 November 2016 - Military Record
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- NZ Army Nursing ServicePublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 November 2016 - Military Record
- Service number
- WWI 22/535 AWMM
- Military service
- 1918-1920Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 November 2016 - Military Record
- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
- British War MedalPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 November 2016 - Military Record
Training and Enlistment
- Military training
- 1917 became a registered nurse having done her training at Waihi HospitalPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 November 2016 - Military Record
- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 Unknown AWMM Nurse AWMM
- 8 July 1918 at HaweraPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 November 2016 - Military Record
- Age on enlistment
- 30yrsPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 November 2016 - Military Record
- Occupation before enlistment
- Nurse at Sister Brewer's Private Hospital in GisbornePublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 November 2016 - Military Record & Research
Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 27 Jul 1918-04 Oct 1918 AWMM
HMNZT 108 AWMM Vessel was Ulimaroa AWMM Staff Nurse AWMM 41st Reinforcements, New Zealand Army Nursing Service Corps AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
Prisoner of war
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- Days interned
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- Liberation date
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- POW liberation details
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- Liberation Repatriation
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- POW serial number
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Medical history
- Medical notes
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Last known rank
- Last rank
- SisterPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 November 2016 - Military Record
- Last rank
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Biographical information
- Edith Hilda Lewis's brothers also enlisted during WWI
Gwynne James LEWIS Pte # 11/2448 of the 1st Btn Otago Regt
Lionel Joseph Llewellyn LEWIS Pte # 27673 of the 2nd Wgtn Regt - Died of wounds
Hugh KERR (brother in-law) Pte # 72490 Otago Infantry Regt
Her husband: Cpl John William Hugh Harold MacLEOD # 9944 of the 13th Rfts 10th Field Artillery Bge enlisted with the AIF in 1915. He was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal in 1919Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 November 2016 - Research
About death
- Death
- 2 Jan 1986 Public Source
- Date of death
- 2 Jan 1986Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 November 2016 - Clarence Lawn Cemetery Records, Grafton, NSW Australia
- Age at death
- 97yrsPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 November 2016 - Clarence Lawn Cemetery Records, Grafton, NSW Australia
- Place of death
- in Cowper NSW AustraliaPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 November 2016 - Clarence Lawn Cemetery Records, Grafton, NSW Australia
- Cause of death
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- Death notes
- MACLEOD EDITH HILDA, 1888-1986; IN GOD'S CAREPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 November 2016 - Clarence Lawn Cemetery Records, Grafton, NSW Australia
- Cemetery
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- Cemetery name
- Clarence Lawn Cemetery, Grafton, NSW AustraliaPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 November 2016 - Clarence Lawn Cemetery Records, Grafton, NSW Australia
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Memorial
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Related objects
Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R10919326
Further Reference - McNabb, S. (2022, April). New Zealand Army Nursing Service – Royal New Zealand Nursing Corps. NZANS. Archived from the Wayback Machine on 26 January 2023.
https://web.archive.org/web/20230126100532/https://www.nzans.org/
Further Reference
- Military personnel file
- References
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume IV. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
87: 20 - Service Women Project: Sponsorship to research this record was kindly provided by the Auckland Returned Services Association, Returned Servicewomen's Branch; Marjorie Traill, Dorothy Grant, Daphne Shaw and Margaret Woollett.
- McNabb, S. (2015). 100 years New Zealand military nursing : New Zealand Army nursing service : Royal New Zealand Nursing Corps, 1915-2015. Hawke's Bay, N.Z.: Sherayl McNabb.
- Homeward bound : S.S. Briton. As transport H.M.N.Z.T. No. 268 the S.S. "Briton" departed Tilbury, London, 17 June 1919.
- HMNZT 108 - The digger : being the un-official record of the e...-official record of the early days of the 41st Rft. Harding, W.G. (William Guy), artist. -- Capetown : Printed by the Cape Times : [1918].
- Tolerton, J. (2017). Make her praises heard afar : New Zealand women overseas in World War One. Wellington, New Zealand : Booklovers Books.
- Rogers, A. (2003). While You're Away: New Zealand Nurses at War 1899-1948. Auckland, N.Z.: Auckland University Press.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume IV. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
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