Ruth Smith
- Service number
- WWI 22/218 AWMM
- Also known as
- Jamieson AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- WW1 Sister AWMM
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
- Title
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- Forenames
- Ruth AWMM
- Surname
- Smith AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
- Jamieson AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 22/218 AWMM
- Gender
- Female AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Religion
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Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
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- Date of birth
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- Place of birth
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- Birth notes
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- Address before enlistment
- Unknown AWMM Mercury Bay Hospital, Whitianga, New Zealand AWMM
- Unknown AWMM Unknown address AWMM
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- Mrs Charles Smith (mother), 4 Park Road, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
- Mrs C. Smith (mother), 4 Park Road, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- Pre 04 Dec 1915 AWMM Single AWMM
- Pre 05 Apr 1917 AWMM Unknown Marital Status AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 22/218 AWMM
- Military service
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- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
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Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 Unknown/Civilian AWMM
- WW1 Unknown AWMM Matron/Military AWMM
- Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 Hospital Ship No. 2, 1st Voyage from NZ AWMM Vessel was HMHS Marama AWMM Nurse AWMM New Zealand Army Nursing Service Corps AWMM HMHS Marama AWMM
- WW1 05 Apr 1917-10 Jun 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 81 AWMM Vessel was Devon AWMM Sister AWMM New Zealand Army Nursing Service Corps AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
2nd Embarkation AWMM
Prisoner of war
- Capture details
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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
- WW1 Sister AWMM
- Last rank
- —
Biographical information
- Initial service was with Hospital Ship Marama in 1915. Ruth Smith then returned to duty on HMNZT Devon and saw further service in France.
New Zealand had one hospital in France: No.1 New Zealand Stationary Hospital. It was based at Amiens from July 1916 to April/May 1917. In May 1917 the unit was transferred to Hazebrouck as advance preparation for the second battle of Messines.
Auckland War Memorial Museum Scars on the Heart WWI "Nurses and Volunteers" display. Display item is a card "Best wishes for a speedy recovery from the Staff of "A" Ward His Majesty's New Zealand Hosiptal Ship, No 2" with the names of all the staff on the Marama.
SuppNom: Returning to duty. AWMM
About death
- Death
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- Date of death
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- Age at death
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- Place of death
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- Cause of death
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- Death notes
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- Cemetery
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- Cemetery name
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- Grave reference
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- Obituary
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- Memorial name
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- Memorial reference
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Memorial
- Memorial name
- New Zealand Returned Army Nursing Sisters Association (Auckland) honours board, RSA Onehunga, Auckland AWMM
Related objects
Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R7819297
Further Reference - Other military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20550776
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
- Tolerton, J. (2017). Make her praises heard afar : New Zealand women overseas in World War One. Wellington, New Zealand : Booklovers Books.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
Vol1: 677 - New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
59: 16 - New Zealand Military Nursing - A History of the R.N.Z.N.C. Boer War to Present Day
- Tolerton, J. (2017). Make her praises heard afar : New Zealand women overseas in World War One. Wellington, New Zealand : Booklovers Books.
- 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.
- HMNZT 81 - Bulldogs' bark and Devon lyre : being the unofficial organ of the Right Wing, 24th Reinforcement. N.Z.E.F. Morgan, R.C. (Robert Carhampton), editor. Kiely, R.D. (Robert Dale), editor. -- Capetown : Printed by the Cape Times : 1917
- Rogers, A. (2003). While You're Away: New Zealand Nurses at War 1899-1948. Auckland, N.Z.: Auckland University Press.
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