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Sister Ambrose Pender
Jessie Jane was the daughter of John and Ellen Pender. She was born in Greymouth just prior to the outbreak of World War I. Jessie spent her early childhood years in the small mining township of Runanga within the loving environment of her large family of five sisters and four brothers...
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Sister Gabriel Henry
Helen Mary Henry was born in Hawera on 18 June, 1906, but spent most of her early life in Wanganui. Her parents were Thomas and Annie Henry (nee Finnerty). Even in those days she must have been a special person, as one of the Sisters can remember a teacher's oft-repeated phrase: ‘If only we had girls like Molly Henry!’...
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Sister Josephine Caulton
Josephine Ellen Caulton was born in Pokeno, a small town southwest of Auckland, on 2 December, 1926, the daughter of Robert Caulton, a Returned Serviceman from the First World War. He married Annie (nee Hope) an immigrant from Paisley, Scotland, in 1921 at Pukekohe.