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Sister Therese Couderc Nansett
Before entering the Sisters of Compassion in 1957, Sister had completed courses in commerce and later qualified as a General Nurse and obtained a Post Operating Technique certificate...
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Sister Loyola Galvin
For my first ten years in the order I worked in Compassion facilities in New Zealand, principally at Island Bay caring for babies and children, as well as doing duties in the geriatric section...
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Sister Anna Maria Shortall
Anna Maria Shortall, daughter of James Shortall and Elizabeth Crockett Lowe (nee Smith) of Spur Road, Fielding, was born at Fielding on 15 February, 1917. She had a twin brother. During 1939-1945, she worked as a land girl on her father’s farm until her brothers returned from the War...