NEW ZEALAND DISASTERS AND TRAGEDIES
1918 INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC - NURSES AND VOLUNTEERS

Thanks to Robert Bruere for his help with these.

AUSTIN Florence Emily Nurse New Plymouth Hospital (Nurses Memorial Tablet) 25 Nov 1918 28 Te Henui Cemetery, New Plymouth Taranaki Herald, 25 November 1918, page 2, Sun, Volume VI, Issue 1779, 27 October 1919
BESWICK Grace Campbell Nurse Christchurch Hospital 25 Nov 1918 25 Linwood Cemetery, Christchurch Lyttelton Times, 26 November 1918, page 1, Sun, Volume VI, Issue 1779, 27 October 1919
BOYD Margaret McKenzie Campbell Nurse (Poss probationer or nurse aid) Private Hospital Dunedin 07 Dec 1918 22 Southern Cemetery, Dunedin Clutha Leader, Vol XLV, Issue 48, 10 December 1918, page 5
BURGESS Dorothy Aileen Nurse Napier Hospital 01 Dec 1918 28 Otane Cemetery, Otane, Hawkes Bay Manawatu Times, 09 December 1918, page 3, Sun, Volume VI, Issue 1779, 27 October 1919
COOPER Eva Florence Mary (Eva May) Nurse Dunedin Hospital 18 Nov 1918 26 Andersons Bay Cemetery, Dunedin Evening Star, 19 November 1918, page 4, Sun, Volume Vi, Issue 1779, 27 October 1919, Mataura Ensign, 18 November 1919, page, 4, Otago Daily Times , Issue 18074, 23 October 1920, Page 6
CORBETT Beatrice Hilda Nurse Southland Hospital 01 Dec 1918 31 Eastern Cemetery, Invercargill Southland Times, 2 December 1918, page 4, Sun, Volume VI, Issue 1779, 27 October 1919
CRONIN Agnes Nurse Ashburton Hospital 29 Nov 1918 24 Timaru Cemetery, Timaru Timaru Herald, 30 November 1918, page 6, Sun, Volume VI, Issue 1779, 27 October 1919
CROSSING Irvine Sister ss Niagara 26 Oct 1918 24 Purewa Cemetery, Auckland Kai Tiaki, 1 January 1919, page 54, Sun, Volume VI, Issue 1779, 27 October 1919
DAVIES Wilhelmina (Mina) Nurse Hokitika Hospital 23 Nov 1918 20 Hokitika Cemetery, Hokitika Greymouth Evening Star, 18 August 1919, page 7, Sun, Volume VI, Issue 1779, 27 October 1919
DAVISON Cicely Margaret (Margaret Cecilia) Nurse Timaru Hospital 01 Dec 1918 20 Timaru Cemetery, Timaru Star, Issue 12490.2, 2 December 1918, page 1, Sun, Volume VI, Issue 1779, 27 October 1919
DICKSON Frances Mary Nurse Tuakau 23 Nov 1918 54 Alexandra Redoubt Cemetery, Tuakau New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17017, 26 November 1918, page 1, Sun, Volume VI, Issue 1779, 27 October 1919
DIXON Minnie Bell Nurse Hokitika Hospital 29 Nov 1918 25 Hokitika Cemetery, Hokitika Grey River Argus, 20 November 1918, page 3, Greymouth Evening Star, 18 August, 1919, page 7, Sun, Volume VI, Issue 1779, 27 October 1919
ELLIOTT Evelyn Ellen VAD Dunedin Hospital 15 Dec 1918 23 Andersons Bay, Dunedin Otago Witness, Issue 3379, 18 December 1918, page 37, Otago Daily Times , Issue 18074, 23 October 1920, Page 6
ENSOR Joyce Murray Nurse Wellington Hospital 19 Oct 1918 22 Karori Cemetery, Wellington Evening Post, 25 October 1918, page 9, Sun, Volume VI, Issue 1779, 27 October 1919
ERB David Charles Mrs [nee Eleanor EWANS] Nurse Ohakune 18 Nov 1918 32 Ohakune Cemetery, Ohakune Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXVI, Issue 17441, 11 December 1918, Sun, Volume VI, Issue 1779, 27 October 1919
GRAY Elizabeth Nurse Timaru Hospital 25 Dec 1918 23 Frankton Cemetery, Frankton, Otago Timaru Herald, 27 December 1918, page 4, Sun, Volume VI, Issue 1779, 27 October 1919
HOOKER Hilda Nurse Christchurch Hospital 21 Nov 1918 22 Linwood Cemetery, Christchurch Press, 22 November 1918, page 1, Sun, Volume VI, Issue 1779, 27 October 1919
JENNINGS Kate VAD Nuhaka, Hawkes Bay 04 Dec 1918 29 Wairoa Cemetery, Wairoa New Zealand Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 10153, 16 December 1918
LEECH Ina Geraldine Nurse Hastings Emergency Hospital 26 Nov 1918 26 Hastings Cemetery Hastings Standard, Volume VIII, Issue 307, 29 November 1918, page 5
LINTON Jessie Emma Sister Thames Hospital 18 Nov 1918 30 Shortland Cemetery, Thames Thames Star, 19 November 1918, page 1, Sun, Volume VI, Issue 1779, 27 October 1919
LITTLE Charles Thomas Wilson Mrs [nee Hephzibah Beulah KENNEDY] Nurse Private nursing, Hawarden 30 Nov 1918 35 Linwood Cemetery, Christchurch Press, 2 December 1918, page 1, Sun, Volume VI, Issue 1779, 27 October 1919
LOGAN Janet Marion [nee WYBER] VAD Owaka Hospital 11 Dec 1918 35 Owaka Cemetery, Owaka Clutha Leader, 13 December 1918, page 5, Otago Daily Times, Issue 18074, 23 October 1920, Page 6
LOGIE Violet Eleanor Sister Private Nursing, Thames 21 Nov 1918 33 Purewa Cemetery Auckland New Zealand Herald, 23 November 1918, page 1, Sun, Volume VI, Issue 1779, 27 October 1919
LOUDON Elsie Josephine [Elsie Murray Gibson LOUDON] Sister Dunedin Hospital 20 Nov 1918 25 Green Island Cemetery, Dunedin Otago Witness, 27 December 1918, page 34, Kai Tiaki, 1 January 1919, page 54, Sun, Volume VI, Issue 1779, 27 October 1919, Otago Daily Times, Issue 18074, 23 October 1920
LUMLEY Carrie [Corale] VAD Featherston Camp 25 Nov 1918 26 Featherston Public Cemetery, Featherston Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14774, 29 November 1918
MACRAE Jessie Ethel Nurse Dunedin Hospital 21 Nov 1918 25 Anderson’s Bay Cemetery, Dunedin Otago Witness, 27 November 1918, page 34, Sun, Volume VI, Issue 1779, 27 October 1919, Otago Dailey Times, Issue 18074, 23 October 1920, page 6
MANNING Isabella Maude Nurse Narrow Neck Camp, Takapuna 18 Nov 1918 48 O'Neill’s Point Cemetery, Auckland Ohinemuri Gazette, 20 November 1918, page 2, Sun, Volume VI, Issue 1779, 27 October 1919
MATAIRA Maud (Maora Pani) Nurse Rawene Hospital 22 Nov 1918 34 Rawene Cemetery, Rawene, Northland Sun, Volume VI, Issue 1779, 27 October 1919, Poverty Bay Herald, 22 November 1919, page 4
MATTHEWS Norma Pearl Nurse Waikato Hospital 21 Nov 1918 22 Hamilton East Cemetery, Hamilton Northern Advocate, 23 November 1918, page 2, Sun, Volume VI, Issue 1779, 27 October 1919
MEAD Beatrice (Beatrix) VAD New Plymouth Hospital (Nurses Memorial Tablet) 12 Dec 1918 36 Te Henui Cemetery, New Plymouth Free Lance, Volume XVIII, Issue 963, 24 December 1918
MELVILLE Bernadina Florence Alice Nurse Wairau Hospital 03 Dec 1918 26 Omaka Cemetery, Blenheim Marlborough Express, 3 December 1918, page 3, Sun, Volume VI, Issue 1779, 27 October 1919
MITCHELL Ivy Clementine [nee LEEDER] VAD Balclutha Hospital 06 Dec 1918 28 Balclutha Cemetery, Balclutha Otago Daily Times 7 December page 6, Otago Daily Times , Issue 18074, 23 October 1920, Page 6
NEWMAN Mary Miller (May) VAD Owaka Hospital 04 Dec 1918 21. [Death not registered] Owaka Cemetery, Owaka Otago Daily Times, 4 December 1919, page 4, Otago Daily Times , Issue 18074, 23 October 1920, Page 6
O'MEARA Margaret Theresa (Sister Mary Natalie) Sister (Nun) (Sisters of our Lady of Compassion) Home of Compassion, Wellington 13 Dec 1918 34 Karori Cemetery, Wellington [Memorial Greymouth Cemetery] New Zealand Tablet, 19 December 1918
REYNOLDS Agnes (Sister Mary Frederick) Sister (Nun) (Nursing Order of the Little Company of Mary) Lewisham Hospital, Christchurch 29 Nov 1918 32 Linwood Cemetery, Christchurch Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16383, 30 November 1918, New Zealand Tablet, 5 December 1918
RUDINGER Augusta Pauline Nurse Auckland Hospital 29 Oct 1918 30 Purewa Cemetery, Auckland Auckland Star, 30 October 1918, page 6, Sun, Volume VI, Issue 1779, 27 October 1919
SCANLAN/SCANLON/SCANNELL Julia (Sister Mary Lorenzo) Sister (Nun) (Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart) St Joseph's Convent School, Matata 25 Nov 1918 33 St Joseph's Convent School, Matata Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16383, 30 November 1918, New Zealand Tablet, 5 December 1918, https://www.sosj.org.au/sisters-matata-nz/ [Daughter of John and Mary SCANNELL nee BROSNAHAN Born 08 April 1878]
SKIDMORE Annie Eliza Nurse Wellington Hospital 02 Dec 1918 27 Old Napier Cemetery, Napier Evening Post, 3 December 1918, page 8, Sun, Volume VI, Issue 1779, 27 October 1919
SPRING Ethel Sister Waikato Hospital 18 Nov 1918 24 Hamilton West Cemetery, Hamilton Lyttelton Times and Press, 12 December 1918, page 1, Sun, Volume VI, Issue 1779, 27 October 1919
TAYLOR Agnes Jane Sister New Plymouth Hospital (Nurses Memorial Tablet) 21 Nov 1918 27 Te Henui Cemetery, New Plymouth Taranaki Daily News, 22 November 1918, page 4, Sun, Volume VI, Issue 1779, 27 October 1919
TUBMAN Esther Maude Staff Nurse NZEF 22/517 Isolation Hospital, Salisbury, Wiltshire 18 Sep 1918 31 Tidworth Military Cemetery, Tidworth, Wiltshire Lyttleton Times 23 September 1918, page 4, Otago Daily Times , Issue 18074, 23 October 1920, Page 6
TWELTRIDGE Julia Nurse Te Kopuru Hospital 28 Nov 1918 44. [Death registered as TWELBRIDGE] Mt Wesley Cemetery, Dargaville New Zealand Herald, 2 December 1918, page 1m Sun, Volume VI, Issue 1779, 27 October 1919
WAITE Phoebe Nurse New Plymouth Hospital (Nurses Memorial Tablet) 10 Dec 1918 23 Te Henui Cemetery, New Plymouth Taranaki Herald, 10 December 1918, page 2, Sun, Volume VI, Issue 1779, 27 October 1919
WATSON Mary Nurse Dunedin Hospital 15 Nov 1918 28 Andersons Bay Cemetery, Dunedin Evening Star, 16 November 1918, page 8, Sun, Volume VI, Issue 1779, 27 October 1919, Otago Daily Times, Issue 18074, 23 October 1920
WHELAN Julia (Sister Mary Lawrence) Sister (Nun) (Sisters of Mercy) Convent of Mercy, Te Aroha 01 Dec 1918 44 Hillsborough Cemetery, Auckland [Memorial?] New Zealand Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 10144, 5 December 1918, New Zealand Tablet 19 December 1918
WHISHAW Mabel Helen Sister Featherston Camp 10 Nov 1918 26 Featherston Public Cemetery, Featherston Evening Post, 12 November 1918, page 1, Sun, Volume VI, Issue 1779, 27 October 1919
WIDDOWSON Hugh Lawrence Mrs [nee Elizabeth Agnes SMYTH] Nurse Auckland Hospital 24 Nov 1918 34 Purewa Cemetery, Auckland New Zealand Herald, 25 November 1918, page 1, Sun, Volume VI, Issue 1779, 27 October 1919
WILSON Ada (Sister Teresa Norbert) Sister (Nun) (Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart) St Joseph's Convent School, Grey Lynn, Auckland 23 Nov 1918 34 St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church Cemetery, Panmure, Auckland Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16383, 30 November 1918, New Zealand Tablet, 5 December 1918

* On the 25 November 1918 a V.A.D [Voluntary Aid Detachment] died as a result of the influenza epidemic. She was recorded as Corale LUMLEY and is buried at the Featherston Cemetery. However it appears that her real name was Carrie LUMLEY and she was a nurse. In the 1911 census she is at Great Grimsby, Lincolnshire, occupation Hospital Nurse. She came to New Zealand on board the Arawa in 1913 with another nurse, Margaret Priest. Carrie's mother was Ellen Jane FRYER - Ellen's sister Kate Elizabeth FRYER married Alfred BAKER and lived in Napier. Newspaper reports att he time say "Advice has been received from the camp adjutant, Featherston military camp, that Miss Corale Lumley, V.A.D., died there from broncho-pneumonia on November 25th. Her next-of-kin is Mrs. Baker, Napier". Carrie was born in Retford, Nottinghamshire in 1892.


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