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Emily Hodges

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Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 334 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 334 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Emily AWMM
  • Surname
    Hodges AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 22/76 AWMM
  • Gender
    Female AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    15 September 1888 WWII NZANS Roll
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM Victoria Hotel, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Josiah Hodges (father), Loburn, Rangiora, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 21 May 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards
    • Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) AWMM
      Sister, New Zealand Army Nursing Service. London Gazette 1 December 1916, p11808 Mentioned in despatches from General Sir Alexander Murray, K.C.B., Commander-in-Chief, Egyptian Expeditionary Force. AWMM
    • Associate Royal Red Cross (ARRC) AWMM
      London Gazette 1 January 1917, p47 In recognition of her valuable nursing service with the Armies in the Field. AWMM

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
    1911 WWII NZANS Roll
    Place of Nursing training and date of qualification / registration AWMM
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Canterbury, New Zealand AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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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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  • Last rank
    WW1 1 February 1920 AWMM Sister AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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    • Survived the sinking of the Marquette.

      First Matron of King George V. Hospital, at Pukeroa Park, Rotorua, opened January 1916

      Also served as Matron at Queen Mary Hospital, Christchurch

      Marama then transfer to Moldavia for Suez. Ship name "Marama" from The Evening Post, May 23, 1915 listing the nurses and officers on the passenger list. Transfer to Moldavia. AWMM
    • An oral history interview with Emily Hodges is available from the Alexander Turnbull Library. It discusses her experiences as a nurse trainee in 1907, her years as a nursing sister for the NZ army including the Marquette tragedy and post war work at Rotorua and Hamner where she was matron for 15 years. Public - Ella - Researcher - 6 September 2019 - https://natlib.govt.nz/records/35829044
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Death

About death

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  • Death
    19 July 1983 WWII NZANS Roll
  • 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

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  • In memory of an amazing lady whose strength and forward thinking was always an inspiration to me. My aunt was an incredibly intelligent and empathetic woman, who was ahead of her time in so many ways. Love always, Felicity.
    Public - Felicity - 15 April 2023
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Sources

Sources

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  • 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 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: 334 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
    • 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. 4: Includes portrait AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
27 April 2023NanetteChristchurchOther
15 April 2023FelicityWellington, New ZealansOther
06 September 2019EllaAuckland, New ZealandResearcher

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