Christina McDonald

Christina McDonald (21 August 1911 – 10 July 1996) was a New Zealand nurse. She served with the Royal New Zealand Navy in World War II and was Director of Nursing Services for the New Zealand Army, Navy and Air Force from 1958 to 1964. In 1946 she returned to the New Zealand Army and was posted to Japan. She served as matron of the 6th New Zealand General Hospital until 1949. and posted to Fort Dorset in Wellington. She retired in 1964 and lived in Torbay. In 1968 she returned to Tapanui to nurse her elderly mother and became matron of Tapanui Hospital. McDonald settled in Clyde in 1973 and died at Alexandra on 10 July 1996. and promoted to Member of the Royal Red Cross (RRC) in the 1953 Coronation Honours. In 1953, McCormack was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal, and she was one of a group of twelve servicewomen who attended Queen Elizabeth II's coronation.