Nurse in Egypt during the first World War. The first woman to receive full membership in the RSA (July 1918) (See New Zealand Herstory 1977, produced by Dunedin Collective for Woman, 1976). Wife of Second Lieutenant William Henning, MC (d 1918). Married Frederick Sandford, Squadron Leader RAF on 3 Apr 1920. First woman to gain a pilot's licence in New Zealand in 1925. See Australian Dictionary of Biography online for more information.
Sandford, Gladys, 1891-1971
Coates, Gladys, 1891-1971, Henning, Gladys, 1891-1971
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Long album 3
Date: 1916 to 1918
By: Sandford, Gladys, 1891-1971; Long, W H (Mrs), active 1970
Reference: PA1-o-269
Description: World War I photographs in an album created by G Henning (Gladys Henning), a nurse at the military hospitals at Giza and Montazah (now El Muntazah). Many of the images show nursing staff and soldiers, very few of whom are identified, and then only by Christian name. Other scenes are of trips to various sites, such as Karnak, Philae and the Aswan Dam. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with green corded fabric cover; 19 x 25 cm
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Long album 4
Date: 1916 to 1918
By: Sandford, Gladys, 1891-1971; Long, W H (Mrs), active 1970
Reference: PA1-o-270
Description: Album of photographs taken in and around Egypt during World War I, probably taken by Gladys Henning, a nurse working at military hospitals in Egypt. Mostly traveller's scenes, very few with people, and none identified, except one view on page 21, with a woman, seated between two soldiers, identified as "Me". (This album is associated with the Long Album 3, in which she is identified as G. Henning) Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Green cloth-bound album, entitled `Camera studies'; 21 x 15 cm