WELLINGTON HOSPITAL HISTORY

Doris Irene Brown

Born Napier 24 Apr 1905 — Died 9 Jun 2005 (aged 100)

Trained at Hawera Hospital; RN 1927

Midwifery Certificate, St Helens Hospital, Wellington

Plunket Certificate, Karitane Hospital, Dunedin

Diploma in Nursing, Wellington Hospital 1937

Sister, Hawera Hospital and Auckland Hospital

Sister-in-charge, Camp Hospital, Ngaruawahia, Oct 1939–Jan 1940

Matron, 4 General Hospital Jul–Oct 1940

Matron, 2 General Hospital Oct 1940–Jun 1943

Mentioned in Dispatches (MID) 1941

Supervising Matron, Dunedin Hospital 1944–1954

Director, Nursing Services, Army, Navy & Air 1954

Matron, Wellington Hospital 1954–1956

Married Robert Milne, May 1956

Resigned in Oct 1956 after Wellington Hospital Board-initiated inquiry into nursing services.

The Archives

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• 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 at 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