Nixon, Elizabeth (1865-)

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Elizabeth Nixon was one of the first twelve nurses from the New South Wales Army Nursing Service Reserve (NSWANSR) to sail on the Moravian with the 2nd Contingent of the New South Wales Army Medical Corps (NSWAMC) on 17 January 1900 to South Africa to serve in the Boer War. Unlike many of the more than 60 Australian nurses who went to the Boer War, she did not have to pay her own passage. She was awarded the Royal Red Cross medal on 27 September 1901 for her outstanding work with the wounded and those who succumbed to tropical diseases and was Mentioned in Dispatches on 10 September 1901. The King of England, Edward VII, presented her with her medal at St James' Palace on 12 March 1902. She was one of three Australian nurses who were awarded the medal for service in the Boer War.

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  1. Faith, Hope and Charity Australian Women and Imperial Honours: 1901-1989
    Australian Women's Archives Project
    [2003]
    Published: Australian Women's Archives Project
    Series: http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/honours/honours.html
  2. Australian nurses in the Boer WarDefending Victoria Ian MacFarlane : Australian nurses in the Boer War
    Chamberlain, Max
    [2002]
    Series: http://users.netconnect.com.au/~ianmac/readroom.htm#nursing
  3. Our War Nurses: The History of the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps 1902-1988
    Goodman, R.D.
    [1988]
    Published: Boolarong Publications
  4. Guns and brooches : Australian Army Nursing from the Boer War to the Gulf War
    Bassett, Jan
    [1992]
    Published: Oxford University Press
  5. National Archives of Australia, Sydney Office: Nominal rolls and lists of medals and clasps for New South Wales Military Forces who served in Boer War. (1899 - 1907)
    Folder 3B lists the members of the New South Wales Army Merical Corp who were entitled to the South Africa Medal and Clasp under the Army Order granting the Medal issued on 1st April, 1901. Page 11 lists the Nursing Sisters. The Nursing Sisters accompanied the Second Contingent which departed on 17th January 1900 on board the ship Moravian. Four remained in South Africa, Lady Superintendent and the others returned. Nursing Sister Elizabeth Nixon was awarded the Royal Red Cross; and was mentioned in despatches in the London Gazette, 27.9.01, and Nursing Sister Mary Annie Pocock was mentioned in despatches, in the London Gazette 27.7.01.
    Series B5204

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    Nixon, Allan M., 1951-
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    Drew, Elizabeth
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  3. Papers of Mary Gilmore
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  1. Elizabeth Koontz, aide to President Nixon, dies. (obituary)
    Jet
    [ Article : 1989 ]
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  1. ELIZABETH NIXON KINDER-GARTEN.
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    The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954) Friday 21 December 1906 p 3 Article
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