WELLINGTON HOSPITAL HISTORY

Agnes Milne

Born Wellington 1885 — Died Wellington 1 Mar 1984

Trained as a nurse at Wellington Hospital

Passed State final exams December 1919

Ward Sister, Wellington Hospital 1920

Acting-Sister, Nurses’ Home May 1922 – 1924

Relieving Assistant Matron Feb 1921, Nov 1921, Jan & Feb 1922, Jan 1923, Feb 1924, Nov 1926, Oct 1927.

Sister, Fever Hospital 1924 – 1928

Acting Matron, Wellington Hospital 1928

The Archives

• Back to Wellington Hospital History Home
• 1. Wellington Public Hospital History▼
  • The Thorndon Hospitals
  • The first Newtown Hospital
  • Early expansion 1888 – 1910▼
    • 1901 – 1906
    • 1907 – 1910
  • The Children’s Hospital
  • Additions 1913 – 1939
  • Additions 1940 – 1960▼
    • The Centenary Block
    • The Hospital Post Office
    • The Hospital in the 1950s
  • Rebuild 1967 – 1980
  • Additions 1981 – 2000
  • New Regional Hospital
  • A new Children’s Hospital
• 2. The Early Staff of the Hospital
• 3. Nursing Administration▼
  • Nurses 1880-1920▼
    • Mary Anne Baillie
    • Elizabeth Hermansen
    • Mrs Johanne M Thorpe
    • Mrs Bernard Moore
    • Ellen Dougherty
    • Augusta Godfrey
    • Mary E Kissling
    • Frances K Payne
    • Ellen Mary Pettit
    • Kate Marsden
    • Elizabeth Katherine Berry
    • Edith Crerar
    • Sarah Jane Hetherington ARRC
    • Elizabeth Williamina Inglis Stott
    • Jean Todd
    • Maggie Preston
  • Nurses 1921 – 1960▼
    • Edith P Tennent
    • Gertrude S Lampp
    • Agnes Milne
    • Althea H Cookson
    • Florence E Hart
    • Blanche L Clark
    • Susan Milne
    • Noeline M Knight
    • Muriel E Tattersall
    • Kathleen G Hausmann
    • Doris Brown
    • Jessie I Martin
    • Irene Tolerton
  • Nurses 1961 – 1988▼
    • Betty P Cook
    • Barbara J E Hough
    • Mavis H Paton
    • Gloria A Grattan
    • Elaine Whiteman
    • Barbara G Shadbolt
    • Maureen Corry
    • Assistant Principal Nurses
  • Nurses 1989 –▼
    • Sheila Mahony
    • Anita Bamford-Wade
    • Cheyne Chalmers
    • Kerrie Hayes
    • Andrea McCance
    • Emma Hickson. 2019 – 2020
    • Associate Directors of Nursing
• 4. Educating Nurses: Wellington Hospital▼
  • Timeline▼
    • In the beginning
    • 1884 – 1901
    • 1902 – 1927
  • Student nurses▼
    • Recruitment and Selection
    • Demographics
    • Rules and Regulations
    • Wastage
    • Health and Sickness
    • Nurses’ Accommodation
    • Graduation and other Class Photographs▼
      • pre 1902
      • 1902 – 1929
      • 1930’s
      • 1940’s
      • 1950s
      • 1960s
      • 1970s
      • 1980s
    • Personal recollections
    • Miscellaneous photographs
  • Nursing Aides, Community Nurses, Enrolled Nurses
  • Male Nurses
  • Tutors▼
    • Tutor training
    • Medical staff
  • Teaching facilities▼
    • Clinical experience
  • The move to close hospital-based nursing schools
  • Sources / acknowledgements
• 5. Cardiology at Wellington Hospital▼
  • Overview▼
    • 1926 – 1952
    • 1953 – 1966
    • 1967 – 1985
    • 1986 – 2000
    • 2001 – 2012
  • Services▼
    • In-patient Services
    • Out-patient Services
    • Out-reach Services
  • History of Key Investigations▼
    • Electrocardiography
    • Cardiac Radiology
    • Cardiac Catheterisation
    • Echocardiography
    • Nuclear Cardiology
    • Electrophysiology
  • History of Selected Services▼
    • Hypertension
    • Acute Coronary Syndromes
    • Interventional Cardiology
    • Congenital Heart Disease▼
      • A dog’s life
      • A cold bath to cure a hole-in-the-heart
    • Cardiac Rhythm Management
    • Cardiac Surgery
  • Technology▼
    • Information (before) Technology
    • Information Technology
  • Cardiac Image Galleries▼
    • Staff Photo 1999
    • Cath Lab Camaraderie
    • Some of the Front Office Staff
    • Tech’s Workroom
    • A Technician or Two
    • Barbara McClutchie’s 25 Years as Ward Clerk
• 6. Services for Sick Children▼
  • 1886 – 1912
  • 1912 – 1988
  • 1988 – 2020
  • 2021-
  • Royal Doulton Tiles▼
    • Saving the Royal Doulton Tiles
  • Kenepuru Hospital
  • Neonatal Services
  • Academic Paediatrics
  • Personal Recollections and Reflections▼
    • Marie Farquhar
    • Hilary Patton nee Harper
    • Merian Litchfield
    • Francie Vagg
    • Barbara Diggins
    • Pauline Schwartz nee Payne
    • Helen Henderson
  • Gallery-services for sick children▼
    • Donations to Children’s Wards
    • Royal and other VIP visitors
• 7. Senior Medical and Dental Staff Archive▼
  • Staff Structure▼
    • Staffing of the Thorndon Hospital
    • Medical staff administration
  • Speciality Services▼
    • Alcohol and Drug Dependence
    • Anaesthesia
    • Cardiology
    • Cardiothoracic Surgery
    • Dental Services
    • EENT Surgery
    • Emergency Services
    • Gastroenterology
    • Neurology
    • Neurosurgery
    • Obstetrics and Gynaecology
    • Orthopaedics
    • Paediatrics and Paediatric Surgery
    • Pathology
    • Psychiatry
    • Radiology
    • Radiotherapy and Medical Oncology
    • Renal Medicine
    • Respiratory Medicine including Tuberculosis
    • Urology
    • Venereal Diseases / Sexual Health
  • SMO reunion 2008
  • Some personal reflections