OBITUARY
Matron L. E. Souness
Matron Lucy Emily Souness, Royal Nursing Corps, who died in Dunedin recently, spent a lifetime of service in the nursing profession in New Zealand, reports the Press Association from Dunedin.
She will be remembered by many soldiers who trained in New Zealand before service overseas in the Second World War. Between 1943 and 1953 she worked in military hospitals throughout the Dominion, including camp hospitals at Taiaroa Heads, Narrow Neck, Papakura, Raventhorpe and Waiouru, where she was matron-in-chief for three years.
In 1954, after retiring from active Army service, she was appointed matron of a Wellington hospital for returned servicemen. In 1956 Miss Souness accepted the position of matron of the Caccia Birch Hospital in Palmerston.
She retired a few months ago at the age of 63. -Evening Post, 14/7/1960.
"RRC" stands for the Royal Red Cross, first awarded in 1883 and bestowed on Matron Souness by Queen Elizabeth II in 1954.
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