Edna Pengelly's Timeline

This Term I started making a timeline of one of the nurses who went to WW1 (World War 1).
Her name was Edna Pengelly. I found out a lot of information about what her life was like before, during and after the war.

I look forward to reading your comments. :)

Edna Pengelly Timeline

1874-1959

1874-- Edna Pengelly was born in Canada on 5 July 1874.

1902-- In 1902 Pengelly and her mother moved to Levin and started a poultry farm.

1904-- She began her training at Wellington District Hospital on 1 January 1904.

1907-- After completing her training in 1907, Edna Pengelly supervised various wards at

Wellington District Hospital.

1909-1915-- After completing her training in 1907, Edna Pengelly supervised various wards at Wellington District Hospital.

 

1915-- Edna Pengelly applied to join the New Zealand Army Nursing Service.

1915-1919-- Pengelly served at military hospitals in Egypt and England.

1919-- She was awarded the Royal Red Cross second class in 1917 and first class in 1919.

1919-- After returning to New Zealand, she was matron of the Queen Mary Military Hospital, a rehabilitation centre at Hanmer Springs, until 1921.

1924-1928--  She was president of the Wellington branch of the New Zealand Trained Nurses' Association.

1929--  Edna Pengelly became matron of the Wanganui Collegiate School.

1937-- She returned to Wellington to be near her mother.

1941-- Retiring from nursing in 1941, Pengelly continued to be a member of the New Zealand Registered Nurses' Association.

1956-- Her diaries were published in 1956, as Nursing in peace and war, provide one of the few accounts of a New Zealand nurse's military experiences in the First World War.

1959-- She died on 20 August 1959 at Wellington Hospital, where she had commenced her training some 55 years earlier.

By Laura