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Nurse and patients in the New Zealand Stationary Hospital, Wisques,
France.
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Some women worked as nurses
during the First World War. They were brave and worked long hours
close to the fighting. The nurses did not have many things to help
them do their work. |
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Here are some of the
other important jobs that women did at home to help.
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Pack parcels to send to
soldiers.
Women packing parcels for New Zealand prisoners
of war.
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Make trench mortar shells.
Women assembling parts for trench mortar
shells, Swan Electric Co Ltd, Dixon Street, Wellington.
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Work at airbases.
Woman driving a tractor alongside an Avro
Anson training plane, during World War Two.
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