Elsie Prudentia Grey
Born 1 Aug 1889 - Died 30 Nov 1949
- Service number
- WWI 22/356 AWMM
- Also known as
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- WW1 Sister AWMM New Zealand Army Nursing Service AWMM
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
- Title
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- Forenames
- Elsie Prudentia AWMM
- Surname
- Grey AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
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- Service number
- WWI 22/356 AWMM
- Gender
- Female AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Religion
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Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 1 Aug 1889 AWMM
- Date of birth
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- Place of birth
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- Birth notes
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- Address before enlistment
- WW1 Pre 30 Dec 1916 AWMM Auckland Public Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- WW1 Thomas Francis Grey (father), 23 Park Avenue, Grafton, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- Unknown AWMM Single AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
- 1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 22/356 AWMM
- Military service
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- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
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Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 30 Dec 1916 AWMM
Age 27 AWMM
Nurse AWMM - Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 Staff Nurse AWMM New Zealand Army Nursing Service (NZANS) AWMM
Prisoner of war
- Capture details
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- Days interned
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- Liberation date
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- POW liberation details
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- Liberation Repatriation
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- POW serial number
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- 2 Dec 1918 AWMM Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
Influenza AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW1 1 Aug 1919 AWMM
Struck off strength of the NZEF and posted to Reserve, New Zealand Army Nursing Service (NZANS) AWMM
Sister AWMM
New Zealand Army Nursing Service AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Daughter of Mary Grey and Thomas Francis Grey.
Proceeded to France February 1917.
Elsie had tried to enlist earlier in the war however, the authorities said she should complete her qualifications first. After Elsie finished her training in 1915 she attempted re-enlist but was declined. Her uncle Charles Dovey who was Second in Charge at the New Zealand Stationary Hospital at Brockenhurst, invited to England to work with the Stationary Hospital. Along with her aunt Kate and a couple of other nurses they paid their own way to Britain to enlist. They sailed on the same ship as Prime Minister Massey and Sir Joseph Ward who were attending a conference in Britain. Elsie met the Prince of Wales in Hawaii in 1920, who worked with fellow nurse went to work in the US Military Hospital Fort Shafter, Honolulu as they were short of nursing staff suffering from effects of the Flu. - From the family.
Elsie served alongside many of her family members including her brother Douglas Grey, Uncle Charles Dovey and Aunt Kate Dovey (VAD), as well as cousins Leslie Edmonson 41398, Grattan Grey 8/1105, Henry Ready 41997, Alan Wilkin 3/1371, Cleverley Wilkin 87536, George Wilkin M81933, Charles Grey and her brother in law Walter Stratford 10/256. AWMM
About death
- Death
- 30 Nov 1949 AWMM
Age 62 AWMM - Date of death
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- Age at death
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- Place of death
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- Cause of death
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- Death notes
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- Cemetery
- Cremated at Waikumete Crematorium, Glen Eden, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Scattered AWMM
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- Grave reference
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- Obituary
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- Memorial name
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- Memorial reference
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Memorial
- Memorial name
- New Zealand Returned Army Nursing Sisters Association (Auckland) honours board, RSA Onehunga, Auckland AWMM
Related Serviceperson
Sources
- External links
- Births, Deaths and Marriages (New Zealand) Historical Records online
https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz
Sources Used - Auckland Council. West (Waikumete) burial and cremation records search
http://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/EN/parksfacilities/cemeteries/Pages/westcemeterysearch.aspx
Sources Used - Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R16788956
Further Reference - 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 - Military Personnel File
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R16788956
Further Reference - Military Personnel File
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R24098197
Further Reference - The Prince of Wales at Honolulu (1920)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpE_XPk3gOA
Further Reference - Downie, Heather. Mary McBeth. Auckland War Memorial Museum - Tāmaki Paenga Hira. First published: 16 April 2020
https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/features/mcbeth
Further Reference
- Births, Deaths and Marriages (New Zealand) Historical Records online
- References
- New Zealand Military Nursing - A History of the R.N.Z.N.C. Boer War to Present Day
- 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.
- Information kindly provided by family
- 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. 5: Includes portrait - Tolerton, J. (2017). Make her praises heard afar : New Zealand women overseas in World War One. Wellington, New Zealand : Booklovers Books.
- Holms, J. G. M. (2023). Back to the front : the experiences of Elsie Grey : a New Zealand World War 1 nurse. [Queensland] : John Holms
- Rogers, A. (2003). While You're Away: New Zealand Nurses at War 1899-1948. Auckland, N.Z.: Auckland University Press.
- Not Just Ordinary Blokes J G M Holms (2020) Boolarong Press p 127 & p 144Public - Sir - Direct descendant - 30 December 2022 - Grand-nephew of Elsie Grey
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