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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.
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Sister Majella Dawson
Margaret Mary Dawson was born on 16 May, 1914, in Lislea, Ireland. Her parents were Peter and Brigid Dawson (nee Quinn). Margaret Mary was the third child in a family of five, the eldest her brother Joe, and her sisters Maureen, Bridie, and Joan who was born in New Zealand.
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Sister Martha Chard
Constance Miriam Mary Chard was born at Stratford in Taranaki, on 7 May 1912. Her father, Edward Chard, was born in England and came to New Zealand at a very early age, marrying her mother Amy Carter who was of Irish descent.