Sister Agnes Buckley was the daugther of Jeremiah and Elizabeth Margaret Buckley. Her mother Elizabeth Margaret was born in Timaru and married Jeremiah in Mangaweka at the age of 23. Agnes was born in 1905

Agnes attended the Taihape District High School and joined the staff of Wanganui Hospital as a probationer in 1926. After qualifying she left in 1931 on transfer to Taihape were she served as staff nurse and later night sister.

Sister Buckley was the first death in the New Zealand Army Nursing Service.

Agnes Mary Buckley
Born 22 March 1905 - Died 24 April 1944
SERVICE NUMBER 63397
ARMED FORCE / BRANCH Army
LAST RANK Sister
New Zealand Army Nursing Service, General Hospital, Italy
WAR World War II, 1939-1945

BIRTH
Born 22 March 1905
NEXT OF KIN ON EMBARKATION
Mrs E.M. Buckley (mother), 5 Kokaka Street, Taihape, New Zealand

DEATH
Died 24 April 1944
Age 36
Italy, Europe
CAUSE OF DEATH Died of Sickness
CEMETERY Bari War Cemetery
Cemetery Location Italy
Cemetery Reference II. D. 2.

WARS AND CONFLICTS
WAR World War II, 1939-1945
CAMPAIGN Italy
ARMED FORCE / BRANCH Army
SERVICE NUMBER 63397

TRAINING AND ENLISTMENT
MILITARY TRAINING
1929 WWII NZANS Roll
Place of Nursing training and date of qualification / registration
ENLISTMENT
WW2 Unknown Nurse
Papakura, Auckland

EMBARKATIONS
WW2 Staff Nurse New Zealand Army Nursing Service Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force

MEDICAL HISTORY
Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII
Became ill while nursing at the hospital in Bari, Italy.
Died of Sickness, Cause of Death
Died of illness

Sister Agnes Buckley was the daugther of Jeremiah and Elizabeth Margaret Buckley. Her mother Elizabeth Margaret was born in Timaru and married Jeremiah in Mangaweka at the age of 23. Agnes was born in 1905

Agnes attended the Taihape District High School and joined the staff of Wanganui Hospital as a probationer in 1926. After qualifying she left in 1931 on transfer to Taihape were she served as staff nurse and later night sister.

Sister Buckley was the first death in the New Zealand Army Nursing Service.

Agnes Mary Buckley
Born 22 March 1905 - Died 24 April 1944
SERVICE NUMBER 63397
ARMED FORCE / BRANCH Army
LAST RANK Sister
New Zealand Army Nursing Service, General Hospital, Italy
WAR World War II, 1939-1945

BIRTH
Born 22 March 1905
NEXT OF KIN ON EMBARKATION
Mrs E.M. Buckley (mother), 5 Kokaka Street, Taihape, New Zealand

DEATH
Died 24 April 1944
Age 36
Italy, Europe
CAUSE OF DEATH Died of Sickness
CEMETERY Bari War Cemetery
Cemetery Location Italy
Cemetery Reference II. D. 2.

WARS AND CONFLICTS
WAR World War II, 1939-1945
CAMPAIGN Italy
ARMED FORCE / BRANCH Army
SERVICE NUMBER 63397

TRAINING AND ENLISTMENT
MILITARY TRAINING
1929 WWII NZANS Roll
Place of Nursing training and date of qualification / registration
ENLISTMENT
WW2 Unknown Nurse
Papakura, Auckland

EMBARKATIONS
WW2 Staff Nurse New Zealand Army Nursing Service Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force

MEDICAL HISTORY
Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII
Became ill while nursing at the hospital in Bari, Italy.
Died of Sickness, Cause of Death
Died of illness