Janet Wyse Mackie Williamson

Forenames

Janet Wyse Mackie AWMM

Surname

Williamson AWMM

Gender

Female AWMM

War

South African War, 1899-1902 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Medals and Awards

• Royal Red Cross (RRC) AWMM
  RRC. Awarded in 1916 for her work in South Africa AWMM
• Queen's South Africa Medal AWMM
• Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) AWMM

Enlistment

South Africa Unknown AWMM Nurse AWMM

Embarkation details

South Africa Vessel was Talune AWMM Nursing Sister AWMM

Last rank

South Africa Matron/Military AWMM
Princess Christian's Army Nursing Service Reserve AWMM

Trained in Dunedin; attained position as Lady Superintendent;

The voyage to South Africa was on the Talune via Melbourne and transfer to the Salamis arriving in Cape Town 5 April 1900

She left South Africa returning on the Troop Transport Roslyn Castle September 1901

As noted in the Documents section - the medals are currently not held at Auckland Museum ** AWMM

Death

12 Mar 1936 AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Births, Deaths and Marriages (New Zealand) Historical Records online
  https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz
  Sources Used
• New Zealand History online. New Zealand in the South (Boer) War
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/south-african-boer-war/introduction
  Further Reference
• Wikipedia Entry
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_Williamson
  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
• https://ehive.com/collections/200188/objects/1074698/the-janet-wyse-mackie-williamson-collection
  Public - Nanette - 28 April 2023 - Nurses' Memorial Chapel, Christchurch

References

• Stowers, R. (1992). Kiwi versus Boer : the First New Zealand Mounted Rifles in the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902. Hamilton, N.Z.: R. Stowers.
• 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.
• Rogers, A. (2003). While You're Away: New Zealand Nurses at War 1899-1948. Auckland, N.Z.: Auckland University Press.