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Hilda Vercoe Hooker - The story of the torpedoing of the SS 'Marquette'

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  • Description

    Typescript volume recounting the torpedoing of the SS 'Marquette', which was sunk in the Aegean Sea, 30 miles from Salonika, at about 9 a.m., on 23 October 1915, during World War I.

  • Other Id

    1357 (Presto content ID)

    MS-148 (Reference Number)

    19860 (DBTextworks system ID)

  • Department

    Manuscripts

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Catalogue

  • Object Type

    manuscript

  • Name/Title
    Hilda Vercoe Hooker - The story of the torpedoing of the SS 'Marquette'
  • Primary Maker

     Hilda Hooker

  • Date
    [1958]
  • Physical Description

    1 v. (10 leaves) ; 25 cm.

  • Level of Current Record
    Single Item
  • Subject Notes
    22/77 Nurse Hilda Vercoe Hooker served with the New Zealand Army Nursing Service (NZANS) during World War I. She died in 1960, in Auckland, aged 78.
  • Last Update
    07 Jul 2023
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