English Māori Mary Blair Born 1880 - Died 1962 PDF Key details Service number Also known as Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Last rank WarWorld War I, 1914-1918 AWMM World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM Enquire Lay a poppy Dr Mary Alice Blair No known copyright restrictions. Hide sources Show empty fields Identity About Contribute › Title ForenamesMary AWMM SurnameBlair AWMM Ingoa Also known as Service number GenderFemale AWMM Iwi Hapū Waka Rohe Religion Images and documents Images Contribute › Report › Documents Contribute › Civilian life About birth Contribute › Birth1880 AWMM Dunedin, Otago AWMM Date of birth Place of birth Birth notes Address before enlistment Post war occupation Next of kin on embarkation Relationship status Service Wars and conflicts Contribute › WarWorld War I, 1914-1918 AWMM World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM CampaignWorld War 2/wars AWMM France and Germany (TBC) AWMM Created during migration for ww2 records that were listed as western front and need to be corrected AWMM The above information is probably incorrect. She served with Scottish Women's Hospitals. Public - Mary-Anne - Other relative - 30 June 2016 - Family papers, Scottish Women's Hospital website, Imperial War Museum website. Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Service number Military service Promotions/ Postings/ TransfersSerbia, Corsica, Malta, Salonika hospitals. Public - Mary-Anne - Other relative - 30 June 2016 - Family papers, Scottish Women's Hospital website, Imperial War Museum website. Military decorations Contribute › Medals and AwardsMentioned in Despatches (MiD) AWMM Mentioned in General Milne's despatch for services with the Salonika forces AWMM Training and Enlistment Contribute › Military training Branch Trade Proficiency EnlistmentWW1 Unknown AWMM Medical practitioner AWMM England, United Kingdom AWMM Occupation before enlistment Age on enlistment Embarkations Contribute › Embarkation details Prisoner of war Contribute › Capture details Days interned Liberation date Liberation Repatriation POW liberation details POW serial number Medical history Contribute › Medical notes Last known rank Contribute › Last rank Biographical information Biographical information Contribute › Mary Blair was the daughter of William Newsham Blair (c1840-1891) a Minister with the Church of England and Mary Kennedy Blair (c1854-1940)She was educated at Victoria University College; BSc 1902 and London University School of Medicine MD, BSc.In 1909 she was appointed house surgeon at the London Hospital for Women.Her World War 1 service was in Salonika (Greece) with the Scottish Women's Medical Corps. This unit subsequently became a unit of the RAMC; then she served in hospitals in Corsica and France.She was later in charge of a WAAF hostel in England.She was an examiner for Strachan High School for GirlsShe remained in England and died in London. AWMM Her father was engineer in chief and under-secretary of the Public Works Department. He was not a church minister though was active with establishing Dunedin's Knox Church. Her mother is believed to have accompanied her to her war posting but died in 1917.In World War 2 was the supervising officer of 2 London air raid shelters. Public - Mary-Anne - Other relative - 30 June 2016 - Family papers Read more Death About death Contribute › Death1962 AWMM Age 81 AWMM London, England AWMM Date of death17 February 1962 Public - Mary-Anne - Other relative - 30 June 2016 - Evening Post obituary. Age at death Place of death Cause of death Death notes Cemetery Cemetery name Grave reference ObituaryObituary: Evening Post, 20 February 1962, p. 22 AWMM Memorial name Memorial reference Memorials Memorial Contribute › Memorial name Roll of Honour Remember Mary Blair by laying a poppy. Lindsay Alexander Blair Malcolm William Blair Mary Blair Mona Beryl Blair Nelson Ainslie Blair Lay a poppy for 2021 Leave a note Leave a tribute or memory of Mary Blair Leave a note Contribute › Processing Sources Sources Contribute › External linksPapers Past. Digital New Zealand Newspapers. http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast Sources Used Births, Deaths and Marriages (New Zealand) Historical Records online https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz Sources Used Headstone photo. http://www.mdc.govt.nz/asp/publicregisters.asp?level1=public_registers&level2=cemetery_details&ID=10873&FD=&Editok=Y Further Reference DocumentsPoverty Bay Herald (Gisborne) AWMM Scholefield, G.H. (1940). A dictionary of New Zealand biography. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs. AWMM Poverty Bay Herald AWMM Untitled. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 11872, 9 June 1909, Page 3 AWMM Poverty Bay Herald AWMM Captured by the enemy. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13915, 11 February 1916, Page 5 AWMM Reference File. Women's Archive. Auckland War Memorial Museum. AWMM Auckland War Memorial Museum, Reference Files, Women's Archive. Newspaper clippings (1) AWMM Scholefield, G.H. (1940). A dictionary of New Zealand biography. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs. AWMM Scholefield, G.H. (1940). vol. 1 p. 73-74 AWMM Who's who in New Zealand (1951-1991). Wellington, N.Z. ; Auckland, N.Z.: Reed. AWMM Scholefield, G.H. (Ed.). (1951). 5th Ed. p. 26 AWMM General Register Office British Death Records AWMM GRO British Death Records. vol. 1, vol. 6. S08.10, So8.33 AWMM The Evening Post AWMM Obituary: Evening Post, 20 February 1962, p. 22 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 The development of the Online Cenotaph is an ongoing process; updates, new images and records are added weekly. In some cases, records have yet to be confirmed by Museum staff, and there could be mistakes or omissions in the information provided. Online Cenotaph Data by Auckland War Memorial Museum is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
