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Christina McDonald

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Wedding portrait of Captain Mayne Smeeton and Sister Clementina MacDonald, outside 6 New Zealand General Hospital, Kiwa Japan. L to R: Maj. D. McGavin, Sister Foot, Capt. W.M. Smeeton, Charge Sister Tina MacDonald, Lt. S. Beresford, Sister Pat Lousley, Col. G. Burne and Matron C. McDonald. Auckland Museum PH-ALB-398-p14-4

Wedding portrait of Captain Mayne Smeeton and Sister Clementina MacDonald, outside 6 New Zealand Gen …

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Christina AWMM
  • Surname
    McDonald AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Mac AWMM
  • Service number
    Jayforce 810495 AWMM
  • Gender
    Female AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1911 AWMM AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 26 April 1905 AWMM Fassifern, Tapanui, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Jayforce Mr J.A. McDonald (father), "Fassifern", Tapanui, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
  • Campaign
    1945-1948 AWMM
    Jay-Force occupation of Japan post WW2 AWMM
    Following Japan's surrender in 1945 Allied Forces, including New Zealanders, Australians, Canadians, and Indians, entered Japan as an occupying force, to restore the peace, clean debris from the atomic blast, help rebuild and direct Japan into a democratic society. Initially called BCOF (British Commonwealth Occupation Force), they became known as J Force. Some of the New Zealand troops were sent to Japan direct from Italy, and many went from New Zealand. The last New Zealand J Force troops returned home in 1948. AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    Jayforce 810495 AWMM
  • Military service
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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
    1934 WWII NZANS Roll
    Place of Nursing training and date of qualification / registration AWMM
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    Jayforce 1943 AWMM Nurse AWMM
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  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Prisoner of war

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  • Liberation date
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Medical history

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Appointed, commissioned in the Royal New Zealand Nursing Corps April 1943.

    Matron, 6th New Zealand General Hospital, Japan

    Principal-Matron, Director of Nursing Services (Army, Navy, Air), 1958.

    Honorary Nursing Sister to the Queen. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    10 July 1996 AWMM
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  • My wonderful 'Aunty Chriss'
    Public - Christine - Other relative - 20 April 2016
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Sources

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    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1950). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 16 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1946 to 30th June, 1948). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 16: WW2 79 AWMM
    • Brocklebank, L.W. (1997). Jayforce : New Zealand and the military occupation of Japan, 1945-48. Auckland, N.Z.: Oxford University Press. AWMM
      Funeral service sheet has portraits 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
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1950). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 16 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1946 to 30th June, 1948). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
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21 March 2023LynnWhangareiResearcher
20 April 2016Christine Tapanui, New Zealand Other relative

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