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Margaret Dunmore

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Portrait, in later years wearing her medals - This image may be subject to copyright

Portrait, in later years wearing her medals - This image may be subject to copyright

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Margaret AWMM
  • Surname
    Dunmore AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    810243 AWMM
  • Gender
    Female AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    23 October 1913 AWMM Weston, Ontario AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM 868 Three Kings Road, Mt Roskill, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Nurse AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs M. Dunmore (mother), 868 Three Kings Road, Mt Roskill, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1 July 1943 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • Battle of Atlantic AWMM
    • 1939-1945 WW2 AWMM
    • Indian Ocean (Naval) AWMM
    • Pacific Theatre of War AWMM
    • South East Asia AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    810243 AWMM
  • Military service
    HS Oranje AWMM
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
    1939 WWII NZANS Roll
    Place of Nursing training and date of qualification / registration AWMM
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 Nurse AWMM
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  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

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

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Registered Nurse 1934

    Trained Auckland Hospital

    Qualifications : Registered Nurse, Registered Maternity Nurse, Post Graduate Diploma in Nursing.

    Staff Nurse Auckland Hospital 9 years

    Public Health Nurse 13 years

    Served NZ Army Nursing Service 3 years : Sister - Waiouru 21 February 1943; Charge Sister 17 February 1946.

    Served on Hospital ship 'Oranje'

    Present at the surrender of Singapore

    Awarded the Queens Service Order 31 December 1987

    Cremated at Davis Funeral Home Chapel, Henderson

    Served for many years as President of Returned Army Nursing Sisters Association, Inc. AWMM
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Death

About death

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  • Death
    17 September 1999 AWMM
    Age 85 AWMM
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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Hillsborough Cemetery, Hillsborough Road, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Ashes Area 10 Block A Lot No 690 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death notice: New Zealand Herald, 20 September 1999 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    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
  • References
    • New Zealand Military Nursing - A History of the R.N.Z.N.C. Boer War to Present Day AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 12 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1943 to 31st December, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 12: WW2 55 AWMM
    • Taylor, A. (1998). The New Zealand roll of honour : New Zealanders who have served their country in peace and war : 150 years, 1845-1995. Auckland, N.Z.: Roll of Honour Publications. AWMM
      p 344. AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      New Zealand Herald, 31 December 1987 AWMM
    • Reference File. Women's Archive. Auckland War Memorial Museum. AWMM
      Newspaper clippings (2) 1987, 1988 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death notice: New Zealand Herald, 20 September 1999 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. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 12 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1943 to 31st December, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.55 AWMM

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