HILDYARD, Nora Mildred
(Service number 22/125)
| First Rank | Nurse | Last Rank | Staff Nurse |
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Birth
| Date | 4 November 1888 | Place of Birth | Lyttelton, Christchurch |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | 6 July 1915 | Age | 26 years |
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| Address at Enlistment | Christchurch Hospital | ||
| Occupation | Private nursing | ||
| Previous Military Experience | |||
| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | Mrs B. A. HILDYARD (mother), Lyttelton | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | Hospital ship No. 1, "Maheno" | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | New Zealand Army Nursing Service Corps | ||
| Date | 10 July 1915 | ||
| Transport | Maheno | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | Suez, Egypt |
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| Last Unit Served With | New Zealand Army Nursing Service | ||
Military Awards
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| Service Medals | 1914-1915 Star; British War Medal; Victory Medal | ||
Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 23 October 1915 | Age | 26 years |
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| Place of Death | Lost at sea, HT Marquette, Aegean Sea | ||
| Cause | Drowned | ||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Mikra Memorial, Greece; Nurses' Memorial Chapel, Riccarton Avenue, Christchurch | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
Nora Mildred HILDYARD was born on 4 November 1888 at Lyttelton, the youngest of the eight children of William and Betsy Ann (née LIBBALLIE) HILDYARD, of Lyttelton. Nurse Hildyard embarked for the front on the first voyage of the hospital ship "Maheno" four days after enlisting at Wellington on 6 July 1915. It was reported on 7 November 1915 that Nurse Nora Hildyard was missing on 23 October; 2 days later the report was that she was "believed to be drowned". Her medals - 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal - were sent to her next-of-kin, her mother Mrs B. A. Hildyard, of Cressy Terrace, Lyttelton. Nurse Hildyard was a victim of the torpedoing of the "Marquette" near Salonika, just 3½ months after enlisting. ,
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [9 January 2014]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ ref. AABK 18805 W5541 0054538) [23 September 2014], NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ ref. AABK 18805 W5568 0135763) [29 June 2016]; CWGC [28 June 2016]; Sun, 19 June 1915, 6 July 1915, Dominion, 5 July 1915, Evening Post, 6 July 1915, 3 November 1915, 27 October 1919, Waimate Daily Advertiser, 3 November 1915 [see GORMAN], Otago Daily Times, 4 November 1915, Press, 18 July 1916, 11 August 1924, 16 March 1927, Evening Star, 22 October 1919, Kai Tiaki: the journal of the nurses of New Zealand, July 1925, Lyttelton News, 29 March 1926 (Papers Past) [27 October 2014, 25 August 2015, 28 & 30 June 2016]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [28 June 2016]
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