Agnes Williams
Born 20 Dec 1882 - Died 24 Sept 1948
- Service number
- WWI 22/49 AWMM
- Also known as
- Wood AWMM
- Peggy AWMM
- Woods AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- NZ Army Nursing ServicePublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 June 2016 - Military Record
- Last rank
- WW1 Sister AWMM
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
- Title
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- Forenames
- Agnes AWMM
- Surname
- Williams AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
- Wood AWMM
- Peggy AWMM
- Woods AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 22/49 AWMM
- Gender
- Female AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Religion
- AnglicanPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 June 2016 - Military Record
Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 20 Dec 1882 Public Source
- Date of birth
- 20 Dec 1882Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 June 2016 - Military Record
- Place of birth
- Hastings, H.B., NZPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 June 2016 - Military Record
- Birth notes
- daughter of George WILLIAMS & Emma Annie nee' FOARDPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 June 2016 - Military Record & Research
- Address before enlistment
- Unknown AWMM Care of Mrs W. G. Owen, Owen's Road, Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
- Post war occupation
- Matron at the Cairnsmore Hospital, InvercargillPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 June 2016 - Military Record
- Next of kin
- Mrs Walter G. Owen, Owen's Road, Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- Pre 08 Apr 1915 AWMM Single AWMM
- 1917 married Lieutenant WOOD in EnglandPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 June 2016 - Military Record & Research
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
- Egyptian & Egyptian EF & No 1 NZ Gen Hospital at BrockenhurstPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 June 2016 - Military Record
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- NZ Army Nursing ServicePublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 June 2016 - Military Record
- Service number
- WWI 22/49 AWMM
- Military service
- 1915-1917Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 June 2016 - Military Record
- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
- Brought to notice of the Secretary of State for War (S.) AWMM
03 Mar 1917 AWMM
Communiqué from the War Office, 3 March 1917 AWMM - Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) AWMM
London Gazette 21 June 1916, p6184 In connection with administration in Egypt. AWMM - 1914-1915 Star
British War Medal
Victory Medal
Mar 1916 - Mentioned in Despatches (MiD)
Mar 1917 - Bought to notice of the Secretary of State of War (SSW)Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 June 2016 - Military Record
- Brought to notice of the Secretary of State for War (S.) AWMM
Training and Enlistment
- Military training
- Nurse Training was done at the Gisborne HospitalPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 June 2016 - Military record & Research
- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 Unknown AWMM
- 6 April 1915 at WellingtonPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 June 2016 - Military record & Research
- Age on enlistment
- 33yrsPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 June 2016 - Military record & Research
- Occupation before enlistment
- NursePublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 June 2016 - Military Record
Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 08 Apr 1915-18 May 1915 AWMM
Rotorua 8 April 1915 AWMM Vessel was Rotorua AWMM Nurse AWMM New Zealand Army Nursing Service Corps AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force 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 1 May 1917 AWMM
Posted to Retired List AWMM
Sister AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Married name Woods AWMM
About death
- Death
- 24 Sept 1948 Public Source
- Date of death
- 24 September 1948Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 June 2016 - Hastings District Council's Cemetery Records
- Age at death
- 65yrsPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 June 2016 - Hastings District Council's Cemetery Records
- Place of death
- Havelock North, H.B., NZPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 June 2016 - Hastings District Council's Cemetery Records
- Cause of death
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- Death notes
- # 22/49 Sister Agnes WOOD nee' WILLIAMS (MiD) NZ Army Nursing Service died at 24 Sept 1948 Havelock North aged 65yrsPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 June 2016 - Hastings District Council's Cemetery Records
- Cemetery
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- Cemetery name
- Havelock North Cemetery, Hawke's Bay, NZPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 June 2016 - Hastings District Council's Cemetery Records
- Grave reference
- Block RSA; Plot B12; Reference RSB12Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 June 2016 - Hastings District Council's Cemetery Records
- Obituary
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- Memorial name
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- Memorial reference
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Memorial
- Memorial name
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Related objects
Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22019523
Further Reference - New Zealand Military Nursing: New Zealand Army Nursing Service - Royal New Zealand Nursing Corps
http://web.archive.org/web/20220126041404/https://www.nzans.org/index.htm
Further Reference
- Military personnel file
- References
- McDonald, W. (2013). Honours and Awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. (3rd ed.). Hamilton, N.Z.: Richard Stowers.
- New Zealand Military Nursing - A History of the R.N.Z.N.C. Boer War to Present Day
- New Zealand Gazette
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
Vol1: 780 - 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.
- Colin M. Gordon Album (1915-1918). Auckland War Memorial Museum - Tāmaki Paenga Hira PH-ALB-376.
- Unknown, photographer (1915-1916). [Agnes (Peggy) Williams photograph album]. Auckland War Memorial Museum - Tāmaki Paenga Hira PH-2017-2-3.
- Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
Vol. 4: Includes portrait - 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.
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