Margaret Georgina Davies
Born 27 Dec 1881
- Service number
- WWI 22/112 AWMM
- Also known as
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
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- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
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- Forenames
- Margaret Georgina AWMM
- Surname
- Davies AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
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- Service number
- WWI 22/112 AWMM
- Gender
- Female AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 27 Dec 1881 AWMM
- Date of birth
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- Place of birth
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- Birth notes
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- Address before enlistment
- Unknown AWMM Care of Matron, Public Hospital, Palmerston North, New Zealand AWMM
- Unknown AWMM Unknown address AWMM
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- Mrs H.G. Williams (mother), 13 Cecil Street, Waltham, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM
- Mrs H.G. Williams (mother), 13 Cecil Street, Waltham, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- Pre 10 Jul 1915 AWMM Single AWMM
- Pre 26 Jul 1916 AWMM Unknown Marital Status AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 22/112 AWMM
- Military service
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
- Associate Royal Red Cross (ARRC) AWMM
London Gazette 3 June 1919, p6842 In recognition of her valuable service with the Armies in France and Flanders. AWMM
Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 Unknown/Civilian AWMM
- WW1 Unknown AWMM Private nurse/Civilian AWMM
- Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 Hospital Ship No. 1, 1st Voyage from NZ AWMM Vessel was Maheno AWMM Nurse AWMM New Zealand Army Nursing Service Corps AWMM Not known AWMM
- WW1 26 Jul 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 59 or HMNZT 60 AWMM Vessel was Waitemata or Ulimaroa AWMM Sister AWMM 15th Reinforcements, New Zealand Army Nursing Service Corps AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
2nd Embarkation AWMM
Prisoner of war
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Medical history
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Last known rank
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Biographical information
- SuppNom: Returning to duty.
During World War I, seven New Zealand Army Nursing Service nurses undertook specialist training as nurse anaesthetists and served in casualty clearing stations and military hospitals in France, administering anaesthetics to wounded servicemen.
The seven nurses identified in R. E. Rawstron's research were Maud Atkinson, Margaret Davies, Blanche Huddlestone, Susan Nicholas, Jean Porteous, Ellen Schaw and Jessie McLeod.
Their service and contribution to wartime medical care are documented in: Rawstron, R. E. (2005). A unique nursing group: New Zealand Army nurse anaesthetists of WW1. Christchurch: Rawstron Publishing Co. AWMM
About death
- Death
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Memorial
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Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20995679
Further Reference - Downie, Heather. Mary McBeth. Auckland War Memorial Museum - Tāmaki Paenga Hira. First published: 16 April 2020
https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/features/mcbeth
Further Reference - McNabb, S. (2022, April). New Zealand Army Nursing Service – Royal New Zealand Nursing Corps. NZANS. Archived from the Wayback Machine on 26 January 2023.
https://web.archive.org/web/20230126100532/https://www.nzans.org/
Further Reference
- Military personnel file
- 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.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
Vol1: 177 - New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
37: 13 - 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.
- Liverpool, Arthur William de Brito Savile Foljambe, Earl of, (compiler). (1916). The New Zealand hospital ship "Maheno" : the first voyage July 1915 to January 1916. Auckland, N.Z.: Whitcombe and Tombs Limited.
p.59 - Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
Vol. 3: Includes portrait - 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.
- Tolerton, J. (2017). Make her praises heard afar : New Zealand women overseas in World War One. Wellington, New Zealand : Booklovers Books.
- Rawstron, R. E. (2005). A unique nursing group : New Zealand Army nurse anaesthetists of WW1. Christchurch [N.Z.] : Rawstron Publishing Co.
- Sargison, P. A. (2001). Essentially a woman’s work : a history of general nursing in New Zealand, 1830-1930 : a thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand [Dissertation].
- Rogers, A. (2003). While You're Away: New Zealand Nurses at War 1899-1948. Auckland, N.Z.: Auckland University Press.
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