Louise Elizabeth Brandon
New Zealand WWI Nurse
About Louise Elizabeth Brandon
Lived 1879 – 1945 (aged 65–66). Louise Elizabeth Brandon was a New Zealand.
Louise Elizabeth Brandon (1879–1945) was a military nurse during World War I with the New Zealand Army Nursing Service Corps and the Samoan Expeditionary Forces in 1914.
Brandon was born in Wellington in 1879 to mother Anna Naria Wilson and father Henry de Bathe Brandon.
Career
Nursing Brandon completed her nursing training in 1909 and joined a contingent of nurses that went to Apia Samoa in August 1914. She sailed on board the Moeraki with nurses Evelyn Brooke, and Fanny Wilson. Brandon arrived to ANZAC Cove on 26 August 1915. Wounded soldiers from Gallipoli were treated or transported to military hospitals in Malta or Alexandria. She never married and lived in her Thorndon home until her death. Brandon died in Wellington Hospital on September 23, 1945, after a long illness.
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Who was Louise Elizabeth Brandon?
New Zealand WWI Nurse
When was Louise Elizabeth Brandon born?
Louise Elizabeth Brandon was born in 1879.
When did Louise Elizabeth Brandon die?
Louise Elizabeth Brandon died on 23 September 1945.
What nationality was Louise Elizabeth Brandon?
Louise Elizabeth Brandon was New Zealand.
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