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Rose Palmer

  • Service number
    WWI 22/261 AWMM
  • Also known as
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Nursing Service Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 16 May 2016 - Military Record
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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New Zealand Returned Army Nursing Sisters Association (NZRANSA) (Auckland) Onehunga RSA (photo J. Halpin April 2012) (CC-BY John Halpin)

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Rose AWMM
  • Surname
    Palmer AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 22/261 AWMM
  • Gender
    Female AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Prebyterian Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 16 May 2016 - Military Record

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    20 June 1878 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    20 June 1878 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 16 May 2016 - Military record
  • Place of birth
    Napier, NZ Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 16 May 2016 - Military record
  • Birth notes
    daughter of Arthur Palmer & Bessie nee' Dunn Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 16 May 2016 - Military record
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM 15 Stout Street, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Nursing Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 16 May 2016 - Military record
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Miss Mary Palmer (sister), Byron Street, Napier, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 4 December 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Egyptian, England = No2 NZGH Walton on Thames & No1 NZGH Brocklehurst Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 16 May 2016 - Military Record
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Nursing Service Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 16 May 2016 - Military Record
  • Service number
    WWI 22/261 AWMM
  • Military service
    1915-1919 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 16 May 2016 - Military Record
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards
    British War Medal
    Victory Medal Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 16 May 2016 - Military Record

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
    St Helen's Hospital, Auckland & Gisborne Hospital Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 16 May 2016 - Military Record & Research
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    • WW1 AWMM
    • 3 Dec 1915 at Wellington Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 16 May 2016 - Military Record & Research
  • Occupation before enlistment
    Private Nursing in Gisborne Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 16 May 2016 - Military record
  • Age on enlistment
    37yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 16 May 2016 - Estimated from Birth/Enlistment dates

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
    Oct 1918 - Hospitalized at Melrose with Influenza Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 16 May 2016 - Military Record

Last known rank

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  • Last rank
    Sister Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 16 May 2016 - Military record

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
    • 2 December 1944 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 16 May 2016 - Waikumete Cemetery Records, Auckland
    • 4 December 1944 Public - Sarndra - Researcher - 27 June 2016 - Headstone
  • Age at death
    66yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 16 May 2016 - Waikumete Cemetery Records, Auckland
  • Place of death
    Auckland. NZ Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 16 May 2016 - Waikumete Cemetery Records, Auckland
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
    Waikumete Cemetery, Auckland Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 16 May 2016 - Waikumete Cemetery Records, Auckland
  • Grave reference
    SOLDIERS BURIAL G Row 6, Plot 16 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 16 May 2016 - Waikumete Cemetery Records, Auckland
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    New Zealand Returned Army Nursing Sisters Association (Auckland) honours board, RSA Onehunga, Auckland AWMM

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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/R21383632
    Further Reference
  • References
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      Page No: 561 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

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
27 June 2016SarndraAuckland, New ZealandResearcher
16 May 2016Lorraine MGisborne, NZResearcher

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