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SCOTT, Isabella
(Service number 22/9)

Aliases	Also known as BURCH
First Rank	Sister	Last Rank

Birth

Date	13 July 1873	Place of Birth	Banff, Scotland

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Timaru
Occupation	Matron, Public Hospital
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Alexander SCOTT, National Mortgage Company, Timaru. Later Mr E. W. BURCH (husband), address unknown
Religion	Presbyterian
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 4 inches. Weight 126 lbs. Complexion dark. Eyes grey. Hair dark brown. Eyes both 6/6. Hearing and colour vision normal. Limbs and chest well formed. Full movement of joints. Heart and lungs normal. Teeth good. Free from hernia, varicose veins, inveterate or contagious skin disease. Vaccinated. Good bodily and mental health. No slight defects. Fit for Active Service.

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	New Zealand Army Nursing Service Corps
Date	8 April 1915
Transport	Rotorua
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	London, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals	1914-1915 Star; British War Medal; Victory Medal
Military Awards	Associate of the Royal Red Cross (ARRC)

Award Circumstances and Date

For her valuable services in the Field; 13 December 1917

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	3 April 1925	Age	52 yrs
Place of Death	Auckland
Cause	Carcinoma breast side; not due to war service
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Purewa Cemetery, Auckland
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Isabella SCOTT was the daughter of Lewis SCOTT and Ann (nee ADAMS). She married Ernest William BURCH on 21 October 1920, at the Regent Square Presbyterian Church, London, England. When leaving for war service, Isabella advised that her Will was lodged with the Bank of N. S. Wales in London, and that her brother Alexander SCOTT, was the executor. She returned to New Zealand by the "Athenic", embarking at Liverpool on 3 February 1919. On her return to New Zealand, Isabella was matron of the Returned Soldiers Hospital at Timaru for a year or so.

Sources

Cenotaph Database [08 August 2013]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives ref. AABK 18805 W5553 0102587) [12 August 2014]

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