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Florence Gill

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  • Service number
    WWI 22/69 AWMM
  • Also known as
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • NZ Army Nursing Services Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 5 May 2016 - Military Record
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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New Zealand Returned Army Nursing Sisters Association (NZRANSA) (Auckland) Onehunga RSA (photo J. Halpin April 2012) (CC-BY John Halpin)

New Zealand Returned Army Nursing Sisters Association (NZRANSA) (Auckland) Onehunga RSA (photo J. Ha …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Florence AWMM
  • Surname
    Gill AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 22/69 AWMM
  • Gender
    Female AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 5 May 2016 - Military Record

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    15 October 1876 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    15 October 1876 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 5 May 2016 - Military Record
  • Place of birth
    Timaru, NZ Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 5 May 2016 - Military Record
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    • Unknown AWMM Auckland Hospital, New Zealand AWMM
    • Unknown AWMM Auckland Hospital, New Zealand AWMM
    • Unknown AWMM Auckland Hospital, New Zealand AWMM
    • Unknown AWMM Auckland Hospital, New Zealand AWMM
    • Unknown AWMM Auckland Hospital, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Nursing Sister AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Mrs R. Walton (sister), Fairlie, Canterbury, New Zealand AWMM
    • Mr R. Watton (sister), Fairlie, South Canterbury, New Zealand AWMM
    • Mrs R. Watton (sister), Fairlie, South Canterbury, New Zealand AWMM
    • Mrs R. Watton (sister), care of Lance-Corporal Watton, Supply Department, Featherston Military Camp, New Zealand AWMM
    • Mrs R. Watton (sister), care of Lance-Corporal Watton, Supply Depot, Featherston Military Camp, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    • Pre 21 May 1915 AWMM Single AWMM
    • Pre 10 November 1916 AWMM Single AWMM
    • Pre 22 March 1917 AWMM Single AWMM
    • Pre 6 July 1918 AWMM Single AWMM
    • Pre 14 December 1918 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Egyptian, No. 2 Hospital Ship 'Marama' x 2; Hospital Ship No 1, Maheno Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 5 May 2016 - Military Record
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • NZ Army Nursing Services Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 5 May 2016 - Military Record
  • Service number
    WWI 22/69 AWMM
  • Military service
    1915-1920 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 5 May 2016 - Military Record
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards
    1914-1915 Star
    British War medal
    Victory Medal Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 5 May 2016 - Military Record

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
    Nurse training at the Gisborne Hospital Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 5 May 2016 - Military Record
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    • WW1 Nurse AWMM
      AWMM
    • WW1 Unknown AWMM Nurse AWMM
    • WW1 Unknown AWMM Nurse AWMM
    • WW1 Unknown AWMM Nurse AWMM
    • WW1 Nurse AWMM
    • 20 May 1915 at Wellington Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 5 May 2016 - Military Record
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment
    abt. 39yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 5 May 2016 - Military Record

Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Dec 1915 suffered from Enteric Fever, invalided home April 1916 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 5 May 2016 - Military Record

Last known rank

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  • Last rank
    Sister Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 5 May 2016 - Military Record

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Marama then transfer to Moldavia for Suez. Ship name "Marama" for 21 May 1915 embarkation from The Evening Post, May 23, 1915 listing the nurses and officers on the passenger list. Transfer to Moldavia. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    11 December 1949 AWMM
    Age 70 AWMM
    Christchurch, Canterbury AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Ruru Lawn Cemetery, off Ruru Road, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM Block 1A Plot 86 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    New Zealand Returned Army Nursing Sisters Association (Auckland) honours board, RSA Onehunga, Auckland AWMM

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Sources

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  • References
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      Vol1: 263 AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      42: 2 AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      61: 3 AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      84: 8 AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume IV. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      92: 3 AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume IV. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. 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
    • 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. AWMM

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07 November 2016Lorraine MGisborne, NZResearcher

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