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Staff Nurse. Mildred Gertrude Rees MID.
British Army Queen Alexandras Imperial Military Nursing Service
from:New Zealand
Mildred Rees was born at Otekaieke Station, Waitaki Valley, NZ on 26 February 1869, she died at Nelson, NZ on 21 August 1957. She trained as a nurse at Wellington Hospital, NZ and traveled to England in 1910. She was there when WW1 broke out.At the beginning of WW1, Mildred joined the Millicent Sutherland Ambulance, based at Namur in Belgium. German advances forced this group of eight nurses, one surgeon, and Millicent Sutherland to return to England after just six weeks. In 1915, she joined the Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Service Reserve. The following lists her subsequent postings and activities:
- Feb 1915 - Mar 1916: at 3rd Stationary Hospital, Rouen for 10 months; at 9th Stationary Hospital, Rouen for 2 months.
- Mar - Apr 1916: Returned sick with influenza and recuperated at Queen Alexandra's Hospital, Millbank.
- Apr 1916 - Jan 1917: 10th Stationary Hospital, St. Omer for 1 month; No. 4 Ambulance Flotilla (Barge No. 192) for 5 months; 25th Stationary Hospital, Rouen for 3 months.
- Jan 1917: 14 days leave.
- Mar - Sep 1917: 10th Stationary Hospital, Remy Siding for 2 months; Ambulance Flotilla (Barge No. 366) for 5 months.
- Sep 1917 - Feb 1918: No. 23 Casualty Clearing Station for 4 months.
- Feb 1918: 14 days leave, spent in Cannes.
- Mar - Nov 1918: 4th General Hospital, Camiers for 9 months.
- Next 4 months: No. 48 CCS, Namur, Belgium; No. 55 CCS, Charleroi, Belgium; No. 32 Stationary Hospital, Wimereux.
- 5 Apr 1919: Demobilised
- Feb 1920: Returned to NZ
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