Archive Record
Metadata
Title |
Transcripts of letters from Nurse Nancy Carter (service no.38635), while serving with the New Zealand Army Nursing Service (NZANS) |
Scope & Content |
Transcripts of letters from Nurse Nancy Carter (service no.38635), while serving with the New Zealand Army Nursing Service (NZANS), from 1 April 1940 to 7 November 1941. Comprised of four letter transcripts: - April 1940, first voyage on the Hospital Ship Maunganui; - 21 August 1941, second voyage on the Hospital Ship Maunganui; - 10 October 1941, from G.H. (General Hospital), Middle East (updated on several different dates prior to sending); - 7 November 1941, No.1 NZ General Hospital, Middle East (updated after starting on 18 October). In addition, the folder contains a tribute to Carter from Kath Fleming, Jean Smith (nee Robbie?), and Enid Greenslade, from 1987. Nurse Nancy Frances H Carter (service no.38635), who first attested in 1941. She received a Mentions in Dispatches (MiD) in 1945 (London Gazette, 11 January 1945, p341). |
Object Name |
Papers, Personal |
Creator |
Carter, Nancy Frances, 1906-1987 |
Year Range from |
1940 |
Year Range to |
1941 |
People |
Carter, Nancy Frances, 1906-1987 Greenslade, Enid Smith, Jean Fleming, Kath |
Search Terms |
New Zealand Army Nursing Service (NZANS) |
Subjects |
War War World War Two Nurses Correspondence |
Catalogue Number |
2021/086.08 |