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Elizabeth Jane White

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Nurses in the First World War, as identified by Sherayl McNabb back row (l to r), Winifred Scott, Hilda Steele, Nora Fitzgibbon, Grace Cuthrie, Ethel Dement, Cora Turnbull, and Helen Brown. Seated (l to r), Dorothy Rose, Elizabeth White, Alice Fraser, Elsie Cooke, (looking away from the camera) and Jessie Verey. Image kindly provided by Hocken Collection, Hocken Library, University of Otago. Image has no known copyright restrictions.

Nurses in the First World War, as identified by Sherayl McNabb back row (l to r), Winifred Scott, Hi …

Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Elizabeth Jane AWMM
  • Surname
    White AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 22/63 AWMM
  • Gender
    Female AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    17 November 1880 AWMM Edinburgh, Scotland AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM 13 Glandstone Street, Mornington, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 David White (brother), 13 Gladstone Street, Morningstone, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1 April 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 22/63 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM Otago, 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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Biographical information

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Death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
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  • Cemetery name
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  • Memorial name
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Memorials

Memorial

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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 Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      Page No: 772 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
    • Harper, G., Clements, C., & Johns., R. (2019). For King and Other Countries: The New Zealanders Who Fought in Other Services in the First World War. Auckland, New Zealand: Massey University Press. AWMM
      p. 197-170 AWMM

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