This week for my reading I have made a timeline for Edna Pengelly. I have learnt lots about Edna Pengelly in the past week and I have really enjoyed learning about her. The thing I found difficult was finding the facts about her. Here is the timeline for Edna Pengelly:
Edna Pengelly - a New Zealand nurse who helped the injured soldiers who fought in the war.
1874: Edna Pengelly was born in Canada on the 5th of July.
1915: In January she applied to go on active service.
1915: In April she sailed away on the ‘vast and boundless ocean.
1915: The woman arrived in Alexandria in mid-June, and Edna was sent to No.19 General Hospital.
1915: On the 19th of May, the nurses travelled to London.
1915: The nurses were sent to the four British-run hospitals in Egypt where the sick and injured men from Gallipoli were being taken.
1916: After a year in Egypt, Edna was sent to England.
1916: In mid-September Edna wrote in her diary, “They say there will be plenty of men coming across soon. It is a ghastly place.”
1917: In October Edna arrived back to England.
1918: In March the Germans launched their last huge attacks, so she went back to war.
1919: Edna came home on the Marama. Then she went to work at Queen Mary Hospital in Hanmer, Nursing soldiers recovering from the war.
1959: Edna Pengelly passed away.
