Nora Mildred Hildyard
Born 4 Nov 1888 - Died 23 Oct 1915
- Service number
- WWI 22/125 AWMM
- Also known as
- Nona Mildred HildyardPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 13 January 2016 - BMD NZ birth record
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- NZ Army Nursing ServicePublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 13 January 2016 - Military Record
- Last rank
- WW1 Staff Nurse AWMM New Zealand Army Nursing Service AWMM
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
- Title
- NursePublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 13 January 2016 - Military record
- Forenames
- Nora Mildred AWMM
- Surname
- Hildyard AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
- Nona Mildred HildyardPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 13 January 2016 - BMD NZ birth record
- Service number
- WWI 22/125 AWMM
- Gender
- Female AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Religion
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Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 4 Nov 1888 Public Source
- Date of birth
- 4 Nov 1888Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 13 January 2016 - Military record
- Place of birth
- Lyttelton, NZPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 13 January 2016 - Military record
- Birth notes
- Daughter of William & Betsy Ann HildyardPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 13 January 2016 - Military record
- Address before enlistment
- Unknown AWMM Christchurch Hospital, New Zealand AWMM
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- Mrs B.A. Hildyard (mother), Lyttelton, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- Pre 10 Jul 1915 AWMM Single AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- NZ Army Nursing ServicePublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 13 January 2016 - Military Record
- Service number
- WWI 22/125 AWMM
- Military service
- 1915Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 13 January 2016 - Military Record
- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
- 1914-1915 Star
British War & Victory Medals
Plaque & Scroll # 505915Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 13 January 2016 - Military Record
Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 Unknown AWMM
- Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
- Private NursePublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 13 January 2016 - Military record
Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 Hospital Ship No. 1, 1st Voyage from NZ AWMM Vessel was Maheno AWMM Nurse AWMM New Zealand Army Nursing Service Corps AWMM New Zealand Hospital Ship No. 1, "Maheno" 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
- Accidental Death, Cause of Death AWMM
Drowned AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW1 Staff Nurse AWMM
New Zealand Army Nursing Service AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Nora Hildyard was the daughter of William Hildyard and Betsy Ann Hildyard, of Lyttelton, New Zealand.
Nora Hildyard was one of the New Zealand nurses who died when the Marquette was torpedoed and sank in October 1915.
The Marquette was a British Merchant ship of 7,057 tons. It sank when a torpedo launched from a submarine hit it 36 miles south of Salonica Bay. Twenty nine crew and 182 troops were lost. Ten of those who died were New Zealand nurses who had been working at No.1 New Zealand Stationary Hospital in Port Said in October 1915 when they were ordered to prepare to go to Lemnos. The hospital was to be set up there to care for casualties being brought back from the Dardanelles. The Transport Ship Marquette took on board officers and men of the New Zealand Medical Corps, 36 New Zealand Army Nursing Staff, 610 officers and men of 29th Divisional Ammunition Column , 541 mules and some ammunition in mid October sailed for Salonika. The French torpedo destroyer Tirailleur joined the convoy on 22 October which gave credence to the idea that there was a real danger of being attacked by German submarines in the Mediterranean. The torpedo destroyer left the convoy that night and at 9.15 am on 23 October the Marquette was hit by a torpedo on the starboard side and began to list. Within about 15 minutes she sank. Nurses lost their lives in the evacuation as lifeboats tipped over as they were lowered into the sea, some boats falling on others, with some being left on the ship and going down with her. AWMM
About death
- Death
- 23 Oct 1915 AWMM
Age 28 AWMM - Date of death
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- Age at death
- 26Public - Terry - Researcher - 8 June 2026 - Simple arithmetic: 4/11/1888 to 23/10/1915 = 26y 11m 19d
- Place of death
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- Cause of death
- Accidental Death AWMM
- 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
- Mikra Memorial, Greece AWMM
- Nurses' Memorial Chapel, Riccarton Avenue, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM
- Memorial window, Five Sisters Window, north transept, York Minster, York, England AWMM
Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R18059075
Further Reference - Other military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R7880168
Further Reference - Rogers, A. (2006, 27 October). In Loving Memory: The Nurses’ Memorial Chapel, Christchurch, New Zealand. The New Zealand Medical Journal. Vol 119, no. 1244.
http://www.nzma.org.nz/journal/119-1244/2292/
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 - York Minster, Five Sisters Window. In memory of overseas nurses. (1925, 3 July). Kai Tiaki : the journal of the nurses of New Zealand, p. 140.
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=KT19250701.2.44&srpos
Further Reference - SCRoll profile (South Canterbury Roll of Honour)
https://museum.timaru.govt.nz/explore/scroll/profile?id=3745
Further Reference - A Street Near You record
https://astreetnearyou.org/person/1647871/-
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1647871
Further Reference - https://ehive.com/collections/200188/objects/1074311/picture-of-nona-hildyard-marquette-victimPublic - Nanette - 27 April 2023 - Nurses' Memorial Chapel, Christchurch
- 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: 329 - New Zealand Military Nursing - A History of the R.N.Z.N.C. Boer War to Present Day
- 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.
- 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. 1: Includes portrait - 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.
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