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Cecilia McKenny

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Group at the garden party given by Her Excellency Lady Liverpool to the staff of the Hospital Ship Maheno, 3rd Commission. Reading from Left to Right, Sister Camilla Steele 22/410, Sister Cecilia McKenny 22/409, Sister Annie Draper 22/417, Sister Margaret McIlwraith 22/418, Matron Amelia Bagley 22/408 and Lady Liverpool. Kai Tiaki: The Journal of the Nurses of New Zealand, Issue 2, 1 April 1917. Papers Past.

Group at the garden party given by Her Excellency Lady Liverpool to the staff of the Hospital Ship M …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Cecilia AWMM
  • Surname
    McKenny AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 22/409 AWMM
  • Gender
    Female AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    25 June 1874 AWMM AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW1 Pahitua AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Mrs S. McKenny (mother), Pahiatua, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 22/409 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
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  • Enlistment
    WW1 24 November 1916 AWMM
    Age 42 AWMM
    Matron/Military AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
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Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Previously Matron at the Wanganui Hospital Board. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    24 March 1954 AWMM
    Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui AWMM
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Memorials

Memorial

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