Rose Hinchey

Rose Moore Hinchey RRC (21 June 1910 – 4 August 1981) was a New Zealand civilian and military nurse.[1]

Early life and education

Hinchey was born in Bluff, New Zealand, on 21 June 1910. She was the eldest of four children of William Hinchey and Henrietta Goetze (née Thompson). Her parents ran the Eagle Hotel and her father was also the mayor of Bluff.[1] Hinchey attended Bluff School and Southland Girls' High School. She then trained as a nurse at Kew Hospital in Invercargill followed by midwifery training at Alexandra Hospital in Wellington.[2]

Career

On completing her training, Hinchey nursed at a hospital in Bowen Street in Wellington.[3] In 1936, she travelled to England and worked at an obstetric hospital alongside fellow Southland expatriate Charles Read.[1][4] She was commissioned into the nursing branch of the British Army, Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps in 1937 and initially nursed at the Cambridge Aldershot Military Hospital for two years. In January 1939, she was posted to a military hospital in Bombay (present-day Mumbai), India.[5] During World War II she served in a number of war zones, and after the war she served in India, the Middle East, Africa, Korea and Malaysia. She attained the rank of Major in 1949, which she held until her retirement in 1965. She settled in Wellington, New Zealand, and died there on 4 August 1981.[1]

Awards and honours

Hinchey's medals are displayed in the entrance hall of Southland Girls' High School, and include the Royal Red Cross and the United Nations Service Medal for Korea.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Thomson, Jane (ed.) (1998). Southern People: A Dictionary of Otago Southland People. Dunedin, New Zealand: Longacre Press. p. 227. ISBN 1 877135 11 9.
  2. ↑ National Library of New Zealand. "Papers Past | MATERNITY NURSING (Evening Post, 1935-01-10)". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 2016-09-04.
  3. ↑ National Library of New Zealand. "Papers Past | CURRENT NOTES (Press, 1936-03-23)". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 2016-09-04.
  4. ↑ National Library of New Zealand. "Papers Past | PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 1936-05-04)". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 2016-09-04.
  5. ↑ National Library of New Zealand. "Papers Past | CURRENT NOTES (Press, 1939-01-06)". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 2016-09-04.
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