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Blakemore, W H J |
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Medal, campaign |
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| Object type | Nursing/wars Classification: 278 |
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English: 1914-1915 Star, WW1 Medal awarded to Sister Kathleen Susan Cumming, NZANS, WW1 bronze four pointed star; 55mm width; ring suspender; ribbon missing obverse- a four pointed star having the uppermost point replaced by a crown, two crossed swords, the points and handles of which protrude between the points of the star. In the centre on a scroll is the date ‘1914-15’; this is surrounded by an oak wreath, on the bottom of which is a ‘G’ which encloses a ‘V’. reverse- name inscription- 22-111 SISTER. K.S. CUMMING. N.Z.E.F. |
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| Date | George V (1910 - 1936)-House of Windsor-English reign; 11 Jul 2006; World War 1, 1914-18-wars; 04 Jul 2006; (1918); 1914-1915 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions |
height: 62mm |
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| Accession number |
2006.44.1 |
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| Place of creation | England; Rotorua; Gallipoli | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Exhibition history | Display: 9C | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | Collection of Auckland War Memorial Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 2006.44.1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes | 1914-1915 Star awarded to Sister Kathleen Susan Cumming, service no 22-111, NZANS, WW1 HS Service- Middle East, Gallipoli - "saw many very sad cases - from Gallipoli and the Dardanelles - often had to work 36 to 48 hours on end. Medals- 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory medal, Royal Red Cross (ARRC); service chevrons- 1 blue stripe ARRC citation- Sister NZ Army Nursing Service, Military Hospital, Rotorua; London Gazette 6 August 1919, p10053 "In recognition of her nursing service under "The Red Cross Society" or "Order of St John of Jerusalem" rendered in connection with the War." Kathleen Cumming trained at Auckland Hospital graduating in 1911, and and worked in a private nursing practise. She enlisted as a nurse on 6 July 1915 aged 37 years and served on HS Maheno until early 1916 when she returned to NZ; appointed as sister 27.7.1916 and then served on NZHS Marama returning to New Zealand in August 1917 and was posted on duty at Rotorua. She nursed at Rotorua Hospital during the influenza epidemic and was here until struck off NZEF in February 1919. During the war Sister Cumming took leave without pay to nurse her sister-in-law. After returning home, with two other nurses, Evelyn Daisy Lever (qualified Auckland School of Nursing June 1905) and Bertha Emily Taylor (Qualified Auckland Hospital December 1909), opened up "Mt Pleasant" hospital in Wakefield Street, Auckland. Miss Taylor and Miss Cumming being the Head Nurses and Miss Lever, the Theatre Nurse. After a few years Sister Cumming had to go home to look after her mother who was ill, so this ended her nursing career. Sister Cumming was a dedicated nurse and died of a heart attack while living with her sister in Hamilton in 1949 (.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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