CLARK, Isabel
(Service number 22/108)
| First Rank | Nurse | Last Rank | Staff Nurse |
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Birth
| Date | 28/04/1885 | Place of Birth | Oamaru |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Occupation | Nurse | ||
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| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | Miss M Clark,(sister) Ardgowan, Oamaru | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | Hospital Ship No 1 "Maheno" | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | NZ Army Nursing Services Corps | ||
| Date | 10 July 1915 | ||
| Transport | Hospital Ship No 1 1st Voyage from New Zealand | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | Suez, Egypt |
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| Last Unit Served With | NZ Army Nursing Service | ||
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 23 October 1915 | Age | 30 |
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| Place of Death | Lost at sea, HT Marquette, Aegean Sea | ||
| Cause | Drowned | ||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Mikra Memorial, Greece, | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | On Memorial wall, Timaru;Nurses Memorial Chapel, Riccarton Ave, Chch; Memorial Tablet, Oamaru Hospital | ||
Biographical Notes
daughter of Hugh and CHristina (nee Watt) Clark
Sources
Isabel was one of the nurses who died when the Marquette was torpedoed and sank in Oct 1915. The Marquette took on board officers and men of the NZ Medical Corp, 36 NZ Army Nursing Staff, 610 officers and men of 29th Dividional Ammunition Column. It was hit by a torpedo on the starboard side and within 15 minutes she sank
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