Jean Neill Erwin

Forenames

Jean Neill AWMM

Surname

Erwin AWMM

Service number

• WWI 22/117 AWMM
• WWII 820409 AWMM

Gender

Female AWMM

Birth

25 Jan 1890 AWMM

Address before enlistment

Pre 1915 AWMM C/o Reverend Dr Erwin, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Reverend Dr Erwin (father), Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 10 Jul 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

• World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
• Territorial Military Service AWMM
• World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
• World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
• World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

• WWI 22/117 AWMM
• WWII 820409 AWMM

Military service

• Territorial Force AWMM
• 1 New Zealand General Hospital AWMM

Medals and Awards

• Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) (Military) AWMM
  MBE. 1945 AWMM
• Brought to notice of the Secretary of State for War (S.) AWMM
  19 Aug 1919 AWMM
  No 1 NZGH- Brockenhurst AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 1915 AWMM Nurse AWMM

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 New Zealand Hospital Ship No. 1, "Maheno" AWMM
• WW2 Women's Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC) AWMM
  2nd Embarkation AWMM

Last rank

• Inter War 1 Feb 1920 AWMM
  Demobilised AWMM
  Sister AWMM
  New Zealand Army Nursing Service, Southern Military District AWMM
• WW2 1 Apr 1945 AWMM
  Retired AWMM
  Senior Commander AWMM
  Women's Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC) AWMM

Daughter of Esther and Robert Erwin.

Two children, siblings, served in WW1: John Erwin ((6/953) and Jean Neill Erwin (22/117)

Survivor from the Marquette. Unveiled a window in the Nurse's Memorial Chapel, Christchurch Hospital in 1968.

In World War 2 she served as the commandant commandant, Southern Military District (South Island) of the New Zealand Women's Army Corps AWMM

Death

24 Jul 1969 AWMM

Obituary

Obituary: Christchurch Star, 26 July 1969 AWMM

Related objects

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
• Iris Latham. 'Erwin, Jean Neill', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1996. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/3e9/erwin-jean-neill (accessed 14 November 2021)
  https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/3e9/erwin-jean-neill
  Further Reference
• New Zealand List: Military Honours. Evening Post, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 139, 14 June 1945, Page 9
  http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19450614.2.108&srpos
  Further Reference
• Website: No 1 New Zealand General Hospital, Brockenhurst
  http://southernlife.org.uk/nzindex.htm
  Further Reference
• Military Personnel File
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R24056093
  Further Reference
• Military Personnel File
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R24097642
  Further Reference
• Wikidata Entity
  http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q6171245
  Further Reference

References

• The Evening Post
• 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: 217
• Reference File. Women's Archive. Auckland War Memorial Museum.
  Newspaper clippings (1)
• Christchurch Star
  Obituary: Christchurch Star, 26 July 1969
• 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.
• 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. 2: 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.
• Rogers, A. (2003). While You're Away: New Zealand Nurses at War 1899-1948. Auckland, N.Z.: Auckland University Press.