Search results Next record Previous record English Māori Daphne Rowena Commons Born 1882 - Died 1968 PDF Key details Service numberWWI 22/20 AWMM Also known asRowna AWMM Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Last rank WarWorld War I, 1914-1918 AWMM Enquire Lay a poppy Notable Events in Nursing History - The First Fifty Nurses sent with the New Zealand Expeditionary F … View gallery Hide sources Show empty fields Identity About Contribute › Title ForenamesDaphne Rowena AWMM SurnameCommons AWMM Ingoa Also known asRowna AWMM Service numberWWI 22/20 AWMM GenderFemale AWMM Iwi Hapū Waka Rohe Religion Images and documents Images Contribute › Documents Contribute › Civilian life About birth Contribute › Birth1882 AWMM New Zealand AWMM 1882 AWMM Date of birth Place of birth Birth notes Address before enlistmentPre 6 April 1914 AWMM Auckland Hospital, New Zealand AWMM Post war occupation Next of kin on embarkationWilliam McKenzie Commons, Karewa, Mountain Road, Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Relationship statusPre 8 April 1915 AWMM Single AWMM Service Wars and conflicts Contribute › WarWorld War I, 1914-1918 AWMM Campaign Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Service numberWWI 22/20 AWMM Military service Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers Military decorations Contribute › Medals and Awards1914-1915 Star AWMM British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM Victory Medal with oak leaf AWMM Training and Enlistment Contribute › Military training Branch Trade Proficiency EnlistmentWW1 6 April 1914 AWMM Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Occupation before enlistment Age on enlistment Embarkations Contribute › Embarkation detailsWW1 08 Apr 1915-18 May 1915 AWMM from Wellington, New Zealand AWMM to London, England AWMM Rotorua 8 April 1915 AWMM Vessel was Rotorua AWMM Nurse AWMM New Zealand Army Nursing Service Corps AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM 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 › Duaghter of Catherine Sarah Commons and William McKenzie CommonsReturned to New Zealand on the CorinthicServed 3 years 303 daysSerial Number originally 22/11 and published on the on Nominal Roll, later changed to 22/20 and published on Archives New Zealand. Name misspelt on the Service record and Nominal Roll as RownaAttended Auckland University College (now the University of Auckland)._____________________________Daphne Commons - 1882-1968Daphne, the eldest of seven children born to William McKenzie Commons and Catherine Sarah nee Rigby, was born in 1882. Her brother Kenneth Wrigley Commons enlisted as number 12/63 and went away with the Auckland Infantry Battalion. He was killed in action at Gallipoli in 1915.Daphne was one of 50 nurses who went away in April 1915 as part of the New Zealand Army. They left on the ship Rotorua bound for England. According to Kai Tiaka, (the magazine of the NZ Nurses Organisation started in 1905) she won a Medal in 1914 for the nurse with the highest marks graduating that year from Auckland Hospital.Before the nurses left Auckland, an “At Home” was held at the home of Mrs Gill in Gillies Avenue. She was the President of the Auckland branch of the Trained Nurses Association. She presented each nurse with a hot water bag and a pen.Daphne was mentioned in dispatches in 1916 for hospital work in Egypt. Her name, along with many others, was published in most of the larger daily papers in NZ. After serving in Cairo, she went to England in 1916 and worked at Brockenhurst Hospital. She returned to NZ in 1919 on the “Corinthic” and went to work in Rotorua. She recorded her war experiences in diaries which are available through National Library of NZ.She died in Auckland in December 1968 aged 87. After a funeral in Purewa conducted by W H Tongue, her ashes were returned.Above biography was transcribed, researched and written by Margaret Nash of Panmure Branch of NZSG_____________________________ AWMM Read more Death About death Contribute › Death1968 AWMM Age 87 AWMM New Zealand AWMM 1968 AWMM Date of death Age at death Place of death Cause of death Death notes Cemetery Cemetery name Grave reference Obituary Memorial name Memorial reference Memorials Memorial Contribute › Memorial nameSt David's Church, 68 Khyber Pass Road, Grafton, Auckland 1124 AWMM Roll of Honour Remember Daphne Rowena Commons by laying a poppy. William Robert Common Bernard Gerard Commons Daphne Rowena Commons Donald Gray Commons Hugh Commons Lay a poppy for 2021 Leave a note Leave a tribute or memory of Daphne Rowena Commons Leave a note Contribute › Processing Related objects [Agnes (Peggy) Williams photograph album] Library / Pictorial › photography PH-2017-2-1 Sources Sources Contribute › External linksBirths, Deaths and Marriages (New Zealand) Historical Records online https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz Sources Used Military personnel file http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=21896476 Further Reference New Zealand Military Nursing: New Zealand Army Nursing Service - Royal New Zealand Nursing Corps http://www.nzans.org/index.htm Further Reference Auckland University College Roll of Honour. http://www.specialcollections.auckland.ac.nz/ww1-centenary/roll-of-honour/search?page=317 Public Web Link Auckland University College Roll of Honour. Daphen Commons Profile Page. http://www.specialcollections.auckland.ac.nz/ww1-centenary/collegians-at-war/their-stories/daphne-commons Further Reference St David's Church - Khyber Pass AucklandRoll of Honour.http://www.saintdavidsfriends.org.nz/herita Public - Helen - Researcher - 8 May 2015 - The History Of St David's Presbyterian Church 1864-1964 DocumentsNew Zealand Military Nursing - A History of the R.N.Z.N.C. Boer War to Present Day AWMM New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM Vol1: 142 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 A.U.C. roll of honour, 1914 - 1920. MSS & Archives E-2, Special Collections, University of Auckland Libraries and Learning Services. AWMM Mackrell, B. (n.d.). Papers. Auckland War Memorial Museum. MS 2003/107. 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 Colin M. Gordon Album (1915-1918). Auckland War Memorial Museum - Tāmaki Paenga Hira PH-ALB-376. AWMM Unknown, photographer (1915-1916). [Agnes (Peggy) Williams photograph album]. Auckland War Memorial Museum - Tāmaki Paenga Hira PH-2017-2-3. 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 Search results Next record Previous record