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Sister Carmel Gallagher
Sarah Gallagher was born in Glenswilly, County of Donegal, Ireland on the 1 May, 1860. Her parents were Hugh Gallagher and Sarah Monner. She came out to New Zealand to be with her brother and family on the West Coast. After a while they went to live in Oamaru, but in the early 1880's they shifted to Wellington...
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Sister Helena
Following her Religious Profession Sister Helena completed her nursing and maternity training, and afterward applied her skills to surgical nursing for a period of time in our hospital...
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Sister Pisila Pouonga
Sister was born in Tonga and had trained as a nurse in Tonga before entering the Sisters of Compassion. After discernment she decided to return home.