Army nurse, matron. Member of staff at Apia Hospital during World War I. Theatre sister in Cairo. Transferred to England in 1916 and sub-matron at Brockenhurst. In 1917 promoted to matron of No 2 New Zealand General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames. Decorated by the Royal Red Cross. Discharged from New Zealand Expeditionary Force in 1920. See DNZB (Vol 3, 1901-1920, p573-574, W23)
Wilson, Fanny, 1874-1958
Wilson, Matron, 1874-1958
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Matron Fanny Wilson and nursing staff at Walton-on-Thames Hospital, England
Date: [ca 1918]
From: Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association :New Zealand official negatives, World War 1914-1918
Reference: 1/2-014124-G
Description: Group portrait of Matron Fanny Wilson and nursing staff, including VAD nurses, at the No 2 New Zealand General Hospital at Walton-on-Thames, England, during World War I. Photograph taken circa 1918 by Thomas Frederick Scales. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - UK321 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4 x 5 inches
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New Zealand nurses on board the Rotorua, during World War I
Date: 16 May 1915
From: Commons family :Assorted negatives, photographs and postcards relating to the Commons family
Reference: PAColl-0321-001
Description: New Zealand nurses on board the Rotorua, during World War I. Sister Anderson is missing. Top row from left: Sisters Buckley, Wright, E J Harris, Nixon, Moore, Lowe, Siddells, Gibbon, Searell, Commons, Ingram. Next row: Sisters Scott, Mitchell, Fricker, Wilson, Curties, Davies, Sutherland, Samson, Chalmer, Cormack, Speedy, Dodds. 3rd row (standing): Sisters Bennett, Vida McLean, Young, Wilkie. 4th row: Sisters Foote, Crook, Livesay, Price, Edith Harris, Burke, Matron-in-chief Miss McLean, Clark, Nutsey, Captain Sutcliffe, Wilson, Matron Nurse, Butter, Bird, Pengelly, Stewart. Front: Sisters Inglis, Miller, McBeth, Smailes, Taylor (only face showing), Calder, Barnett. Taken by an unknown photographer on May 16 1915. Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - Group on boat deck of N.Z.S.S. Coup "Rotorua" May 16th 1915; Verso - centre - [Numbers corresponding to name list]; Verso - bottom centre - Nassau [illegible] / Miss Curtis, [illegible] Capt Denham, Nurse / [illegible], Nurse Davies - at Pyramids - June 26th 1915 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 16.4 x 12 cm
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Staff, Balmer Lawn Section, No 1 NZ General Hospital, Brockenhurst, Hampshire, England,...
Date: [between 1914-1918]
From: Willis, Ida Grace, 1881-1968 :Photographs of NZEF in Samoa and Belgium
Reference: 1/2-148866-F
Description: Group portrait of staff, Balmer Lawn Section, No 1 NZ General Hospital, Brockenhurst, Hampshire, England, during World War I. Nurses in front row: Miss J Moore (Matron), Ingram, M Mitchell, F Wilson, and Ida Grace Willis. Photograph taken between 1914-1919 by an unidentified photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative
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Group of nursing staff and members of the armed forces at Apia Hospital during World War I
Date: [Aug 1914]
Reference: 1/2-010896-F
Description: Group of nursing staff and members of the armed forces at Apia Hospital during World War I. Back, from left: Sisters Veda/Vida McLean, Louis McNie, Louise Brandon. Middle row, from left: Sisters Ida Willis, Eva Brook, Matron Betha Nurse [i.e. Bertha Nurse], Sister Fanny Wilson. Front row, from left: Dr David Isaacs, Major Kendall, Major Matthew Holmes, Captain Duncan Stout, Captain Mick Tapper, Lieutenant Ward. Photograph taken in August 1914 by an unknown photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).