Margaret Anna NORTH [1906-1983]

Two other New Zealand nurses were among the three thousand prisoners at Stanley Camp, Hong Kong.
 

Margaret North , a missionary nurse who had worked at Hangchow , was given permission to join the Military Nursing Service . At first she was destined for Singapore , but eventually arrived at Hong Kong in November 1941 . On Christmas Day Hong Kong capitulated,  and for her splendid work during the preceding bombardment , Miss North became the only missionary nurse to receive the R.R.C. *

Kathleen Thomson , Q.A.I.M.N.S. , had been sent out from England to accompany refugees from Hong Kong to Australia. On her return to China, she too was interned.   

_{Sources : Great Days in New Zealand Nursing by Joan Rattray · 1961}

* _{Hong Kong Gallantry Awards prior to 1997  : Royal Red Cross - Member (RRC) 1946}