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Jean Bowie Porteous

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  • Service number
    WWI 22/291 AWMM
  • Also known as
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • NZ Army Nursing Service Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 8 November 2016 - Military Record
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Jean Bowie AWMM
  • Surname
    Porteous AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 22/291 AWMM
  • Gender
    Female AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    9 September 1880 AWMM
  • Date of birth
    4 February 1886 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 8 November 2016 - Military Record & research
  • Place of birth
    Winton, NZ Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 8 November 2016 - Military Record & research
  • Birth notes
    daughter of James Bowie PORTEOUS & Janet nee' RIDDLE Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 8 November 2016 - Military Record & research
  • Address before enlistment
    The Cresent, Winton, Southland Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 8 November 2016 - Military Record & research
  • Post war occupation
    1920 On staff at Gisborne Hospital Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 8 November 2016 - Military Record & research
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs J.B. Porteous, The Crescent, Winton, Southland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    single Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 8 November 2016 - Military Record & research

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • HS Devanah; Reading War Hospial; No2 NZGH Walton ' Thames; NZSH Hazebrouck; 59th GH St Omer Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 8 November 2016 - Military Record
    • 2nd SH Le Harve France & 10th Casuality Clearing Stn then returned to England Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 8 November 2016 - Military Record
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • NZ Army Nursing Service Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 8 November 2016 - Military Record
  • Service number
    WWI 22/291 AWMM
  • Military service
    1916-1919 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 8 November 2016 - Military Record
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
    Nurse training was done at the Riverton Hospital Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 8 November 2016 - Military Record
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    • WW1 Nurse AWMM
    • 17 Jan 1916 in Wellington Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 8 November 2016 - Military Record
  • Occupation before enlistment
    1912 - Nurse at Gisborne Hospital
    1914 - Sister at Greytown Hospital then was at PN Hospital Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 8 November 2016 - Military Record & research
  • Age on enlistment
    29yrs 10mths Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 8 November 2016 - Military Record

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
    Jun 1918 Admitted to 1st Australian Hosptial with a mild case of influenza Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 8 November 2016 - Military Record

Last known rank

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  • Last rank
    Sister Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 8 November 2016 - Military Record

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

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  • Death
    15 October 1966 Public Source
  • Date of death
    15 October 1966 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 8 November 2016 - Winton Cemetery, Southland records
  • Age at death
    80yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 8 November 2016 - Winton Cemetery, Southland records
  • Place of death
    Winton, Southland Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 8 November 2016 - Winton Cemetery, Southland records
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
    Winton Cemetery, Southland Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 8 November 2016 - Winton Cemetery, Southland records
  • Grave reference
    31 East Winton Block IV and 32 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 8 November 2016 - Winton Cemetery, Southland records
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • remembering Aunty Jean and Aunty Glad
    Public - winifred - Other Relative - 24 April 2015
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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Military personnel file
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R20802229
    Further Reference
  • References
    • McDonald, W. (2013). Honours and Awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. (3rd ed.). Hamilton, N.Z.: Richard Stowers. AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      15: 3 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
    • Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM
      Vol. 3: Includes portrait 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

Contributors

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
26 November 2016Lorraine MGisborne, NZResearcher
27 February 2016JenniferWinton NZOther relative
24 April 2015winifredhastings nzOther Relative

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