S/Nrs. Catherine Anne Fox

Sister Catherine Anne Fox was one of several nurses known in the Waimate area who drowned when the troopship 'Marquette' was sunk by a German torpedo in the Aegean Sea on the 23 October 1915. When news of the sinking reached Waimate the town flew its flags at half mast. The daughter of Mr & Mrs John Fox of Studholme, Catherine was born in Central Otago, trained at Dunedin Hospital, and afterwards nursed at Waimate, Christchurch and Auckland. At the time of enlistment on 6 July 1915 she was working in Auckland as a private nurse. The Waimate Museum holds the commemorative plaque from the old Waimate Hospital for nurses I. Clark, M. Gorman and C. Fox. Source: South Canterbury Museum biography by Janette Clarke, SC branch NZSG; Sue Hanham, Waimate Museum & Archives https://museum.timaru.govt.nz/explore/scroll/profile?id=1435

Sources

1. 100 NZ World War One Memorials 1914-2014
2. Cenotaph Record
3. Commonwealth War Graves Commission Record
4. Military Personnel File 1
5. Military Personnel File 2
6. New Zealand War Graves Record

Details

• Rank: Staff Nurse
• Service No: 22/118
• Date of Death: 23/10/1915
• Regiment/Service: New Zealand Army Nursing Service
• Panel Reference:
• Memorial: MIKRA MEMORIAL
• Additional Information: Sister of Miss M. Fox, of Hallenstein's Buildings, Auckland. Born at Otago.