NOBBS, Sarah Gracilla
| Service Number: | 2523 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 February 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Nurse |
| Last Unit: | New Zealand Army Nursing Service |
| Born: | Norfolk Island, NSW, 2 December 1872 |
| Home Town: | Norfolk Island, Norfolk Island, Australian Territory, Norfolk Island |
| Schooling: | Norfolk Island |
| Occupation: | Nurse |
| Died: | Cerebral Haemorrhage, Chronic Nephritis, Hawaii, USA, 21 November 1923, aged 50 years |
| Cemetery: |
O'ahu Cemetery and Crematorium (Hawaii) Lot 89, Section 2 |
| Memorials: | Norfolk Island Cenotaph, Norfolk Island RSL Roll of Honour, Norfolk Island Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Feb 1917: | Enlisted Other Commonwealth Forces, Nurse, 2523, New Zealand Army Nursing Service |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Daughter of Francis Mason NOBBS and Harriett Augusta nee QUINTAL
Sarah never married. Originally enlisting as Maton in the NZ Nursing Service on 20.2.1917 as she has an NZEF number (No.2523) and it is assumed she then proceeded to and joined the British Red Cross in England. She returned to New Zealand in 1920.
Buried on 21.11.1923 Lot 89, Section 2, Oahu Cemetery, Nuuanu Avenue, Honolulu
She nursed prior to WWI at Hospitals in Auckland, Wanganui and Rarotonga
Was for a period of 4 years Matron of Rarotonga Hospital
In Hawaii appears to have been employed Queens Hospital, Honolulu & lived at 1641 Anapuni St