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Three Scottish nurses drowned while serving on hospital ships during WW1. A further 33 Scottish nurses died from diseases acquired while on military service. [ 56 ] Two nurses were members of the regular Military Nursing Service and the others were members of the Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve and the Territorial ...
Nurses of any nation killed by military action during the First World War. Pages in category "Nurses killed in World War I" The following 37 pages are in this category, out of 37 total.
Pages in category "World War I nurses" The following 188 pages are in this category, out of 188 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Lydia Abell;
Total nurses enlisted References Australia: 29 29 Australian nurses died from disease or injuries; 25 of these died on active service, and 4 died in Australia from injuries or illness sustained during their service 2562 (Officially 2139 nurses served overseas and 423 in Australia but as many as 5000 may have served according to some reports. [42])
By 1916 the military hospitals at home were employing about 8,000 trained nurses with about 126,000 beds, and there were 4,000 nurses abroad with 93,000 beds. By 1918 there were about 80,000 VAD members: 12,000 nurses working in the military hospitals and 60,000 unpaid volunteers working in auxiliary hospitals of various kinds.
Pages in category "Female nurses in World War I" The following 177 pages are in this category, out of 177 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
The Territorial Force Nursing Service (TFNS) was established by Richard Haldane (Secretary of State for War) as part of the Army Medical Service of the newly established Territorial Force, created by his reform of auxiliary forces in the United Kingdom (UK) [1] The service was inaugurated in July 1908, and its first Matron-in-Chief was Sidney Browne, who had previously held this position in ...
The mobilisation of women for war work/service was relatively slight compared to more industrialised countries though some 640 women served as nurses with 500 going overseas. [ 63 ] New Zealand forces captured Western Samoa from Germany in the early stages of the war, and New Zealand administered the country until Samoan Independence in 1962.