SS Maheno was an ocean liner belonging to the Union Company of New Zealand that operated in the Tasman Sea, crossing between New Zealand and Australia, from 1905 until 1935.
Theodora Turner, was a British nurse and hospital matron.
Fanny Maud Wilson was a New Zealand army nurse and matron with the New Zealand Army Nursing Service Corps during World War I and the Samoan Expeditionary Forces in 1914.
Vida Mary Katie MacLean was a New Zealand civilian and military nurse and hospital matron with the New Zealand Army Nursing Service Corps during World War I and the Samoan Expeditionary Forces in 1914.
Alice Hannah Holford was a New Zealand nurse, midwife and hospital matron.
Evelyn Gertrude Brown,, usually known as Eva, was a New Zealand civilian and military nurse. She served during the First World War and was the only New Zealand nurse to receive the Royal Red Cross and Bar.
Jessie Bicknell was a New Zealand civilian and military nurse, and a health administrator. She served in World War I and was made an Associate of the Royal Red Cross for her service.
Amelia Bagley was a New Zealand hospital matron, midwife and nursing administrator. She was born in Dunedin, New Zealand on 2 October 1870.
The history of nursing in the United Kingdom relates to the development of the profession since the 1850s. The history of nursing itself dates back to ancient history, when the sick were cared for in temples and places of worship. In the early Christian era, nursing in the United Kingdom was undertaken by certain women in the Christian Church, their services being extended to patients in their homes. These women had no real training by today's standards, but experience taught them valuable skills, especially in the use of herbs and folk drugs, and some gained fame as the physicians of their era. Remnants of the religious nature of nurses remains in Britain today, especially with the retention of the job title "Sister" for a senior female nurse.
The New Zealand Army Nursing Service (NZANS) formally came into being in early 1915, when the Army Council in London accepted an offer of nurses to help in the war effort during the First World War from the New Zealand Government. The heavy losses experienced in the Gallipoli campaign cemented the need for the service.
Catherine Anne Fox was a New Zealand nurse who served in the First World War and died when the SS Marquette was torpedoed and sunk in 1915.
Edith Mary Rudd was a New Zealand civilian and military nurse. She served in both World War I and World War II, and received the Florence Nightingale Medal from the Red Cross in 1961.
Mary Frances Looney was a New Zealand civilian and wartime nurse. She served in World War I and was made an Associate of the Royal Red Cross.
Laura Elizabeth James was a New Zealand nurse. She served in the Queen Alexandra Imperial Military Nursing Service during World War I and was one of the most decorated nurses of World War I.
The 1950 New Year Honours in New Zealand were appointments by King George VI on the advice of the New Zealand government to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by New Zealanders. The awards celebrated the passing of 1949 and the beginning of 1950, and were announced on 2 January 1950.
Margaret (Daisy) Hitchcock was a nurse from New Zealand who served in France in World War I.
Cora Beattie Roberton, was a decorated New Zealand nurse who ran several Allied hospitals in the United Kingdom during the First World War. In time, she was appointed matron to every major hospital for injured New Zealand soldiers in England.
Louise Alexa McNie was a nurse in the New Zealand Army Nursing Service Corps and the Samoan Expeditionary Forces in 1914.
Bertha Grace Nurse was a civilian and military nurse during World War I with the New Zealand Army Nursing Service Corps and the Samoan Expeditionary Forces in 1914.
