list of nurses who died in world war i list of nurses who died in world war i an estimated 1,500 nurses from a number of countries lost their lives during world war i. some died from disease or accidents, and some from enemy action. australia grave of nurse norma mowbray, cairo, 1916 29 australian nurses died from disease or injuries; 25 of these died on active service, and 4 died in australia from injuries or illness sustained during their service. most of these nurses were serving in the australian army nursing service; however, a small number were serving with queen alexandra's imperial military nursing service, one of a number of british army nursing services during world war i. other australian women made their own way to europe and joined the british red cross, private hospitals or other allied services. nurses serving with the australian army nursing service name date of death circumstances of death place of death louisa bicknell 25 june 1915 sepsis poisoning cairo, egypt kathleen brennan 24 november 1918 spanish flu leicester, england emily clare 17 october 1918 pneumonia india ruby dickinson 23 june 1918 pneumonia united kingdom may hennessy 9 april 1919 malaria bendigo, australia hilda knox 17 february 1917 meningitis france irene mcphail 4 august 1920 tuberculosis melbourne, australia edith moorhouse 24 november 1918 illness france norma mowbray 21 january 1916 pneumonia cairo, egypt gertrude munro 10 september 1918 pneumonia and malaria greece letitia moreton 11 november 1916 enteric fever (typhoid) india lily nugent 21 february 1918 phthisis (tuberculosis) sydney, australia amy o'grady 12 august 1916 cholera bombay (mumbai), india rosa o'kane 21 december 1918 spanish flu perth, australia katherine porter 16 july 1919 pneumonia sydney, australia kathleen power 13 august 1916 illness india doris ridgway 6 january 1919 pneumonia perth, australia elizabeth rothery 15 june 1918 illness beechworth, australia mary stafford 20 march 1919 leukemia torrens park, australia ada thompson 1 january 1919 spanish flu perth, australia fanny tyson 20 april 1919 illness sutton veny, england jean miles-walker 30 october 1918 pneumonia sutton veny, england beatrice watson 2 june 1916 illness suez, egypt nurses serving with queen alexandra's imperial military nursing service reserve name date of death circumstances of death place of death charlotte berrie 8 january 1919 pneumonia jerusalem narrelle hobbes 10 may 1918 liver cancer at sea myrtle wilson 23 december 1915 pneumonia france volunteers serving with the australian red cross name date of death circumstances of death place of death louisa riggall 31 august 1918 haemorrhage france canada main article: list of canadian nurses who died in world war i 53 canadian nurses lost their lives during the war. in one incident, on 27 june 1918, 14 nurses were killed when their hospital ship hmhs llandovery castle was torpedoed while travelling from halifax, nova scotia, to liverpool, england. the nurses who died were: mary agnes mckenzie. christina campbell. carola josephine douglas. alexina dussault. minnie aenath follette. margaret jane fortescue. minnie katherine gallaher. jessie mabel mcdiarmid. rena mclean. mary belle sampson. gladys irene sare. anna irene stamers. jean templeman. netherlands rosa vecht (18 july 1881 – 23 january 1915) died when she was injured by shrapnel at veurne in west flanders, while saying goodbye before a planned evacuation. she died after an operation to amputate her leg. new zealand plaque at waimate hospital to nurses who died on the ss marquette 16 new zealand nurses died during the war, including 10 who died in the sinking of the hospital ship ss marquette. name date of death circumstances of death place of death marion brown 23 october 1915 drowned in the sinking of the ss marquette aegean sea isabel clark 23 october 1915 drowned in the sinking of the ss marquette aegean sea ella cooke 8 september 1917 hit by a train alexandria, egypt catherine fox 23 october 1915 drowned in the sinking of the ss marquette aegean sea mary gorman 23 october 1915 drowned in the sinking of the ss marquette aegean sea ada gilbert hawken 28 october 1915 enteric fever (typhoid) alexandria, egypt nona hildyard 23 october 1915 drowned in the sinking of the ss marquette aegean sea helena isdell 23 october 1915 drowned in the sinking of the ss marquette aegean sea mabel jamieson 23 october 1915 drowned in the sinking of the ss marquette aegean sea elise kemp 20 october 1917 killed when a german aircraft bombed the field hospital she was in flanders, france lily lind 21 november 1916 tuberculosis, contracted while nursing at sea, on board ss maheno mary rae 23 october 1915 drowned in the sinking of the ss marquette aegean sea lorna rattray 23 october 1915 drowned in the sinking of the ss marquette aegean sea margaret rogers 23 october 1915 drowned in the sinking of the ss marquette aegean sea esther maude tubman 18 september 1918 cerebrospinal meningitis salisbury hospital, united kingdom mabel whishaw 10 november 1918 influenza featherson camp, new zealand romania ecaterina teodoroiu was a romanian nurse who enlisted as a soldier and died on 3 september 1917 during active service. united kingdom edith cavell most nurses were part of the queen alexandra's imperial military nursing service (qaimns). at the start of the war there were fewer than 300 nurses; four years later when the war ended it had over 10,000 nurses in its ranks. according to the british red cross, "128 nursing members, 11 general service members and six joint war committee hospital members were killed." edith cavell edith cavell was executed for treason by a german firing squad on 12 october 1915 in brussels, belgium. in march 1915, four scottish nurses died in serbia of typhus. they were part of a group of scottish women – nurses, doctors and volunteers – who had travelled to serbia to establish scottish women's hospitals for foreign service: margaret neill fraser louisa jordan augusta minshull bessie sutherland marjory eva may edwards served for three and a half years in britain and france and died of measles in england on 4 january 1918. her name is listed on the village war memorial at st mary's church at streatley, berkshire. catherine miller was working at the 1st western general hospital in liverpool, england when she died on 24 december 1918. she had contracted malaria while serving in russia. hmt osmanieh sinking, 1917 on 31 december 1917, the british troop ship hms osmanieh (1906) struck a mine near the entrance to alexandria harbour. the ship sank in under 10 minutes and almost 200 service personnel died. among the dead were eight nurses. two of them belonged to the queen alexandria’s imperial military nursing service (qaimns): nellie hawley dorothea roberts and the rest belonged to the voluntary aid detachment (vad): gertrude bytheway una duncanson lilian midwood hermione rogers catherine ball winifred brown united states nurses clara ayres and helen burnett wood were the first two women to be killed while part of the united states military when they died on 17 may 1917, following an accident on board uss mongolia. helen fairchild died in france on 18 january 1918, from post-operative complications following surgery for an ulcer. lucy nettie fletcher (1886-1918) was the first red cross nurse in general pershing's army to die in the performance of duty.