Lizzie Ida Grace Willis OBE ARRC (1881–1968) was a notable New Zealand civilian and military nurse, hospital inspector, matron, army nursing administrator. She was born in Wellington, New Zealand, in 1881.[1]

Willis was a nurse at Wellington Hospital. In August 1914, she was one of six nurses who went with the expeditionary force that took over German Samoa. In July 1915, she was a Sister on the hospital ship, Maheno. In 1916 she was working in the New Zealand Army Nursing Service (NZANS) in France. [2]

In the 1918 New Year Honours, Willis was appointed an Associate of the Royal Red Cross.[3] In 1935, she was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal.[4] She was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) in the 1944 New Year Honours, in recognition of her service as matron-in-chief of the New Zealand Army Nursing Service.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Rodgers, Jan. "Lizzie Ida Grace Willis". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  2. ↑ Tolerton, Jane (2017). Make her praises heard afar : New Zealand women overseas in World War One. Wellington, New Zealand: Booklovers Books. pp. 29, 96, 201. ISBN 978-0-473-39965-8. OCLC 1011529111.
  3. ↑ "No. 30450". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 1918. p. 57.
  4. ↑ "Official jubilee medals". Evening Post. Vol. CXIX, no. 105. 6 May 1935. p. 4. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  5. ↑ "No. 36309". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 1944. p. 12.


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