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WILKIE, Maria Henrietta
(Service number 22/48)

Aliases	Known as Marie
First Rank	Nurse	Last Rank	Sister

Birth

Date	08/11/1883	Place of Birth	Allanton, Otago

Enlistment Information

Date	26 March 1915	Age	31 years
Address at Enlistment	Hospital, Dunedin
Occupation	Nurse
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mrs W. D. WILKIE, Arno, Waimate, South Canterbury
Religion	Anglican
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 2 inches. Weight 116 lbs. Complexion dark. Eyes brown. Hair brown. Sight - both eyes 6/6. Hearing & colour vision both normal. Limbs well formed. Full & perfect movement of all joints. Chest well formed. Heart & lungs normal. Teeth good. Free from hernia, varicose veins, inveterate or contagious skin disease. Good bodily & mental health. No slight defects. Fit.

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	New Zealand Army Nursing Service

Military Awards

Campaigns	Egyptian; Egyptian Expeditionary Force
Service Medals	British War Medal; Victory Medal
Military Awards	Associate Royal Red Cross; Mentioned in Despatches (MiD)

Award Circumstances and Date

London Gazette, 21 June 1916. Mentioned in Despatches by Lieut. Gen. J. S. Maxwell, Egypt, 16 March 1916. His Majesty the King has awarded the Royal Red Cross Decoration 2nd Class, in recognition of valuable services in the War, 23 February 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	29 September 1917	Reason	Struck off strength.

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Nurse

Death

Date	20 July 1962	Age	78 years
Place of Death	Invercargill
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Woodlands Cemetery, Southland
Memorial Reference	Section 1, Plot 120
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Maria Henrietta Wilkie, the daughter of William Dick and Jane Henrietta (née Read) Wilkie, of Manse Street, Waimate, South Canterbury, was born on 8 November 1883 at Allanton, Otago. She was educated at Allanton, Greytown and Pine Hill schools, all in Otago. She studied also at the Dunedin Technical School. Marie married Major James Hargest in 1917 in England.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [15 April 2017]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ Ref. AABK 18805 W5557 0122300) [21 April 2017], NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ Ref. AABK 18805 W5568 0136743) [21 April 2017]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) ]13 December 2015]; School Admission Records (Dunedin Branch NZSG) [15 April 2017]; Kai Tiaki: the journal of the nurses of New Zealand, 1 January 1912, 1 April 1915 [x 3], 1 July 1915, 1 January 1916, 1 July 1916 [x 2], 1 October 1916 [x 2], 1 April 1917 & 1 July 1917, 1 July 1917, 1 October 1917, 1 January 1918, 1 April 1918, 1 July 1919, 1 April 1920, Waimate Daily Advertiser, 14 June 1917 (Papers Past) [15 & 16 April 2017]; Probate record (Archives NZ/FamilySearch) [23 April 2017]

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