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Dora Gill

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Dora AWMM
  • Surname
    Gill AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWI No.1/Res G/181 AWMM
    • QAIMNSR # 1/Res G/181 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 4 May 2016 - Military Record
  • Gender
    Female AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    28 October 1868 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    28 October 1868 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 4 May 2016 - Military Record
  • Place of birth
    Bowness, Westmorland, England Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 4 May 2016 - Military Record
  • Birth notes
    daughter John GILL & ANN nee’ HARRISON Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 4 May 2016 - Military Record
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 4 June 1915 AWMM New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Nursing Sister Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 4 May 2016 - Military Record
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    sister: Mrs Jane Ann Solvander of Gisborne. Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 4 May 2016 - Military Record
  • Relationship status
    Single Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 4 May 2016 - Military Record

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Served in England, on the Hospital Ship 'Salonica' & 25th CCS in Macedonia Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 4 May 2016 - Military Record
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 4 May 2016 - Military Record
  • Service number
    • WWI No.1/Res G/181 AWMM
    • QAIMNSR # 1/Res G/181 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 4 May 2016 - Military Record
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
    1903 Passed the State Examination of Nursing - trained at Christchurch Hospital Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 10 December 2016 - Military Record & Research
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    • WW1 4 June 1915 AWMM Nurse AWMM
    • enlisted with the Royal Army Medical Corps in England Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 10 December 2016 - Military Record & Research
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment
    47yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 4 May 2016 - Estimated from date of birth

Embarkations

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  • Embarkation details
    • Sister AWMM
    • April 1915 - Embarked on the 'Rotorua' from NZ to England Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 4 May 2016 - Research

Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
    Dysentery July 1918 AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
    22 July 1932 Public Source
  • Date of death
    22 July 1932 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 4 May 2016 - Newspaper Death Notice
  • Age at death
    64yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 4 May 2016 - Newspaper Death Notice
  • Place of death
    Wellington, NZ Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 4 May 2016 - Newspaper Death Notice
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
    Karori Cemetery - she was Cremated Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 4 May 2016 - Newspaper Death Notice
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
    Base records file 1919 - 1922
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R21047346
    Further Reference
  • References
    • 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

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
10 December 2016Lorraine MGisborne, NZResearcher

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