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The No.1 NZ General Hospital
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The following information was kindly contributed by
Ken Treanor Capt (rtd) RNZAMC
Curator of the Royal New Zealand Army Medical Corps Museum, which is
based at Burnham Camp, just outside of Christchurch

"Our Medical Corps had 4 major hospitals overseas during WW1, No.1 in Brockenhurst, No.2 at Walton on Thames, No.3 at Codford and a Stationary Hospital at Wisques in France. There were also several convalescent and rest homes at various locations. However 1 Gen Hosp was the biggest and handled many thousands of young New Zealand troops who were sick or wounded in France. It started out in New Zealand as 2 NZ Stationary Hospital commanded by Lt Col W.H Parkes and sailed for Egypt from NZ on 12 June 1915. It arrived on 24 July and took over an Egyptian Army Hospital of 612 beds at Pont de Koubbeh Cairo. Later the unit was renamed 1 NZ General Hospital and moved from Egypt to the UK where it was located at Brockenhurst where it remained until the end of the War. It has a fine history, and any items of interest would be welcome at our Museum."
Ken and Pam k.treanor@netaccess.co.nz

The following NZANS personnel were with 1 NZ Gen Hosp when the unit moved from Cairo to Brockenhurst in June 1916.

Matron:		Bertha G Nurse RRC

Sisters:		Cora Anderson ARRC RRC mid (Later Matron 1NZ Gen Hosp) Rose Fanning ARRC, mid Ada Fulton ARRC (Click here) Edith Harris mid Mary McBeth ARRC mid Vida McLean ARRC RRC mid Janet Moore ARRC mid MBE (Rose to be Principal Matron) Elizabeth Nixon ARRC RRC mid Emily Nutsey ARRC mid MBE RRC ED (Served both wars) Frances Price RRC mid (2) Isabella Scott ARRC Agnes Williams mid Ida Grace Willis OBE ARRC ED (Rose to Matron in Chief NZANS) Fanny Wilson ARRC, RRC mid (Mentioned in Despatches) Mary Affleck Rose Newdick Rose Easton Fanny Wilson (Later a Principal Matron NZANS) Ethel Swayne NZ ANSC* was born 27 October 1883 to Robert and Catherine Swayne of 'The Oaks', Fencourt. Ethel qualified at Waikato Hospital in 1912 and enlisted 2 December 1915. On 4 December 1915 Ethel took up duties on the Hospital Ship Marama. She left New Zealand 21 January 1916 and sent a cable home on 22 May saying "Arrived at Alexandria 16 instant quite well". Then in July she spent a month in Brockenhurst Hospital with rheumatic fever. Ethel returned in October spending three weeks furlough at Fencourt and while home attended a talk on the Red Cross, given by Mrs Parkes at the Cambridge Town Hall. She was then appointed to the military hospital at Trentham. In May 1917, Ethel spent another ten days furlough at Fencourt and on 22 September was off on the Marama again for duty overseas. She arrived home just after Christmas, returning overseas a month later. On 6 April 1918 Ethel was promoted to Staff Nurse while on duty at Brockenhurst and on 3 December promoted again to Sister. She embarked on the Willochra on 8 March, arriving in New Zealand on 15 April 1919. On leaving the army Ethel was appointed Matron of the Te Kuiti Hospital and then the Whangarei Hospital. She continued nursing and during WW11 she was Commandant of the Cambridge Voluntary Aid Detachment, enlisting again in the Army with the rank of Captain. http://cambridgemuseum.org.nz/CbWomen/ww1nurses.htm

Staff Nurses:		Ina Bennett Kathleen Carter Daphne Commons mid Catherine Doneghue Mildred Ellis mid Alicia Ingles ARRC RRC MBE Jessie James Eva Livesey ARRC mid Eva Myles Lyna Newell Elizabeth Porteous ARRC mid Kathleen Welch Edith Austen Daphne Commons Catherine Doneghue Amelia Douglass Jessie Law Charlotte McIntyre Staff Nurse Wilkie (later Mrs James Hargest) trained in Dunedin. She served at No. 1 NZ General Hospital, Cairo, until she embarked for New Zealand on duty on the hospital ship Willochra in September 1915, and returned in January 1916, on duty on the hospital ship Marama. She was at No. 1 New Zealand General Hospital at Brockenhurst, but in September 1917, she resigned to be married to (then) Major Hargest, who later after a distinguished military career in World Wars 1 and 11, ranked Brigadier Hargest, C.B.E., D.S.O. and two bars, M.C. http://www.rootsweb.com/~nzlscant/marquette.htm
Other ranks of the NZMC		WO W. Duncan Sgt G. Hall Ssgt H. Jones Sgt H. McKinley Sgt W.Morton Sgt A. Russell Sgt N. Coldicutt Cpl G. Duncan Cpl F. Fisher Cpl L. Lowry Cpl A. Still
Other Staff		Nurse Elvie Jane Kidd

With the unit when it went from Cairo to Brockenhurst

Commanding Officers:
1.Lt Col W.H Parkes CMG CBE (Original CO,later Col,DMS NZEF)
2. Lt Col D. S. Wylie CMG, CBE
3.Lt Col P.C Fenwick CMG (Remained with the unit until it closed in 1919)

Officers:
Major L.E Barnett CMG i/c Surgical Division (later Lt Col)
Capt F.T Bowerbank OBE i/c Medical Division (Served in WW2 as Maj Gen DGMS)
Capt T. Fergus
Capt F.L Scott
Capt W.S Wallis
Lt W Tweedy (Quartermaster)
Lt Col Acland, Hugh Thomas Dyke 1874 - 1956
When the First World War broke out, Acland, who had joined the New Zealand Medical Corps in May 1913, offered his services and was appointed senior surgeon to No 1 New Zealand Stationary Hospital with the rank of major. He was in Egypt until October 1915 when his unit was sent to Salonika in the Marquette. On 23 October, in the Gulf of Salonika, a German submarine sank the ship with heavy loss of life, including 10 New Zealand nurses. Acland was saved after some seven hours in the sea.

For the next five months Acland served in Salonika. He then returned to Egypt from where, in June 1916, he went with his unit to France, in time to assist with the sick and wounded from the battle of the Somme. In 1916 Acland was appointed head of the surgical division of No 1 New Zealand General Hospital at Brockenhurst, England, and consulting surgeon to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force with the rank of lieutenant colonel. In 1917 a standing medical board was established under Acland's presidency with headquarters at No 2 New Zealand General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames. Acland was appointed a CMG in 1917 and a CBE in 1919. He was said to have performed some 4,000 operations during the war.
( http://www.dnzb.govt.nz/dnzb/default.asp?Find_Quick.asp?PersonEssay=3A2 )

Reinforcement Officers
Chaplain Major     McKenzie Gibson
Major  A.S Brewis
Major  G. Lapraik
Capt. F.L. Armitage (Bacteriologist)
Capt   E.D Aubin
Capt   H.H Christie
Capt   A.H Curtis
Capt   W.F Findlay
Capt   A.G Harvey
Capt. R. H. Hogg OIC Forest Park Section
Capt   A.D Nelson MC
Capt   P.T Putnam
Capt   J.L Reed
Capt   F.F.A Ulrich (Orthopaedic Specialst)

Further additions to the list of officers. As with the nursing staff the officers were posted to one or the other medical units from time to time, so it was not unusual for an officer or a nurse to have served in all three hospitals in the UK as well as a spell in France. This list complete all the officers as far as we know.

Maj     HTD    Acland     Oic Surg Div Later Lt Col Cons Surg NZEF,
                                    CMG 1917,CBE 1919, Sir Hugh KB 1933.
Capt    GJ    Adams     Bacteriologist
Capt    RW  Allen
Capt    JB    Baird
Capt    GC   Barnett
Maj      LE    Barnett     Surgeon Later Lt Col
Capt    EH   Bryant
Lt         WM  Duncan    Asst QM, died of disease, buried at Brockenhurst
Capt    HB   Ewen
Capt    WB  Fergusson
Capt    GA   Forrest
Capt    GW  Gower    Also served in WW2. Col CBE 1943
Capt    CG   Gray
Capt     EC  Hayes
Maj      WE  Herbert
Capt    GW Hill
Capt    J      Hoad    QM, discharged in the UK
Capt    MM  Hockin
Capt    RH   Hogg    OBE 1919    CMG 1937
Capt    DN   Isaacs QM    MBE   Survivor of the "Marquette" sinking 1915
Capt    AL   Logan           Dentist
Maj     WM  Macdonald   CBE Later Consulting Physician NZEF
Maj    K       Mackenzie
Maj    EL     Marchant     OBE    Maxillofacial surgeon
Capt   GW  Matthews    Discharged in the UK
Capt   DS   Milne
Lt       AS     Mulligan     DCM MM Asst QM
Lt       A. R. Otway, Radiologist
Capt  BD     Phillips     Discharged in the UK
Maj A. C. Purchas   Oic Balmer Lawn Section
Capt  E     Roberton
Capt    S   Scannel
Capt    S    Scoular
Maj    GS   Sharps
Capt   JE   Simcox
Maj    JC    Simpson     Discharged in the UK
Capt   AL   Singer
Capt   W    Sowerby    Discharged in the UK
Capt   FM  Spencer    Discharged in the UK
Maj     TD   Stout        Oic Surg Div (Later Col Sir Thomas Stout KBE,DSO,CO 1 NZ Gen Hosp WW2,Cons Surg 2 NZEF)
Capt    AH    Fovey
Maj    WS    Wallis

The PADRES (These too were moved around the medical units)

Chaplain Class 3   Mckenzie Gibson
Ch Cl 4                   JR    Burgin
                                GC    Cruickshanks
                                OM    Doyle
                                A      Hardie
                                H      Hutson
                                JA    Lush
                                PJ    Minogue
                                ED    Rice

These are the NZMC other ranks who were originally with the unit. Of course there were postings, promotions and replacements over the years the Hospital was at Brockenhurst, but there are no records of
these held here at the Museum.

Pte  Abbott            RC
        Anderson         LJ
        Austin              FG
        Baker              GA
        Barton             V
        Beckingham    JEW
        Biss                JA
        Boakes           R
        Burrell            FH
        Cannington     S
        Castleton        LC        Promoted to Cpl
        Clissold         FO
        Couling          GR
        Craig             R
        Cumming       WB
        Davidson        LL
        Dixon            WR
        Duff               AS
        Fama            GJ
        Forsyth         AT
        Fulton           NEH
        Goodstein     HJL           Promoted to Sgt
        Gordon        CM
        Gray            HP            Promoted to Cpl
        Green          LW            Promoted to Cpl
        Haggitt        HE
        Hainsworth   WW
        Hantler        HJ
        Harrhy         J
        Harris          T
        Harrison       FC
        Hawkins       T                Promoted to Lcpl
        Hazelwood   T
        Holmes        AM
        Horrobin       FW
        Huffan          J
        Hughes        GW
        Jack            D
        Keely          ER
        Latta           AH            Promoted to Cpl
        London        RP
        Maddison    CH
        Maras         A                Promoted to Cpl
        Martin         F
        Munro         P
        Moeller       R
        McAdam     C
        McBride      W
        McKenzie   M
        Neill           H
        O'Malley     FK
        Otway        AR           Promoted to Sgt
        Pearson    JM
        Poore        LS
        Rodie        W
        Sclater      JR             Promoted to Lcpl
        Skinner     W
        Stevenson CH
        Watt          J              Promoted to Cpl
        Whelan      LT
        White        A
        Wilberforce    TWC
        Williams    GF
        Wonson     AM
        Wood         WE
        Worden       J            Promoted to Cpl
        Wotton        WB
        Wright         AHB
        Wright        T

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