Hester MacLean Born 1863 - Died 2 September 1932 PDF Key details Service number Also known as Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Last rankMatron in Chief AWMM New Zealand Army Nursing Service AWMM WarWorld War I, 1914-1918 AWMM Enquire Lay a poppy Portrait, Hester MacLean - No known copyright restrictions AWMM View gallery Hide sources Show empty fields Identity About Contribute › Title ForenamesHester AWMM SurnameMacLean AWMM Ingoa Also known as Service number GenderFemale AWMM Iwi Hapū Waka Rohe Religion Images and documents Images Contribute › Documents Contribute › Civilian life About birth Contribute › Birth1863 AWMM Australia AWMM Australia AWMM 1859 AWMM Date of birth Place of birth Birth notes Address before enlistment Post war occupation Next of kin on embarkation Relationship status Service Wars and conflicts Contribute › WarWorld War I, 1914-1918 AWMM Campaign Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Service number Military service Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers Military decorations Contribute › Medals and AwardsRoyal Red Cross (RRC) AWMM Training and Enlistment Contribute › Military training Enlistment Occupation before enlistment Age on enlistment Embarkations Contribute › Embarkation details Prisoner of war Contribute › Capture details Days interned Liberation date Liberation Repatriation POW liberation details POW serial number Medical history Contribute › Medical notes Last known rank Contribute › Last rankMatron in Chief AWMM New Zealand Army Nursing Service AWMM Biographical information Biographical information Contribute › Hester Maclean was the daughter of Harold MacLean, Controller of Prisons, in New South Wales. She obtained her nursing certificate in 1893 at the Royal Albert Hospital Sydney. She was Matron of the Kogarah Hospital from 1894 to 1897 and then of the Women's Hospital, Melbourne. In 1900 she came to New Zealand as Assistant Inspector of hospitals. She joined the New Zealand Army Nursing Service as Matron in Chief and later became the director of the division of nursing in the Health Department. She retired in 1923.She served overseas during World War 1 and organised detachments of nurses to serve overseas.She was awarded the Royal Red Cross and the Florence Nightingale medals. AWMM Read more Death About death Contribute › Death2 September 1932 AWMM Age 69 AWMM Wellington, New Zealand AWMM 1932 AWMM Date of death Age at death Place of death Cause of death Death notes CemeteryKarori Cemetery, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM Cemetery name Grave reference Obituary Memorial name Memorial reference Memorials Memorial Contribute › Memorial name Roll of Honour Remember Hester MacLean by laying a poppy. Gordon MacLean Hector James MacLean Hester MacLean Iain Albert MacLean Ian Monson Birchfield MacLean Lay a poppy for 2018 Leave a note Leave a tribute or memory of Hester MacLean Leave a note Contribute › Processing Sources Sources Contribute › External linksNew Zealand Military Nursing: New Zealand Army Nursing Service - Royal New Zealand Nursing Corps http://www.nzans.org/index.htm Further Reference Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. http://www.dnzb.govt.nz Further Reference FamNet: The Family History Network record page http://famnet.net.nz/login_pages/Cenotaph.aspx?Systemid=C18935 Further Reference DocumentsNew Zealand Military Nursing - A History of the R.N.Z.N.C. Boer War to Present Day AWMM Who's who in New Zealand (1951-1991). Wellington, N.Z. ; Auckland, N.Z.: Reed. AWMM Who's who in New Zealand (1951-1991). Wellington, N.Z. ; Auckland, N.Z.: Reed. AWMM Who’s who in New Zealand. (1932) AWMM The Evening Post AWMM Evening Post, 2 September 1932 AWMM 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. AWMM Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2015). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-3). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM Vol. 2: Includes portrait AWMM
