Nurse Eva Florence Mary Cooper was a Dunedin Hospital nurse during the spanish flu epidemic of 1918. She died of the disease as the result of doing her duty as a nurse. Owing to the regulations of the time, she was not able to be buried in her home town of Gore.
Nurse Eva F. M. Cooper whose death took place last Monday evening at Dunedin was the second daughter of Mr and Mrs Chas. Cooper, Riverbend Farm, Gore. She was educated at the East Gore school, and two years ago joined the nursing staff at Dunedin Hospital, and the flag was flown half mast at the Dunedin Hospital out of respect to the memory of deceased. A brother, Private F. F. Cooper, was killed in action 18 months ago. -Mataura Ensign, 23/11/1918.
Andersons Bay Cemetery, Dunedin. DCC photo.
Cooper — In loving memory of Nurse Eva Cooper, who died on November 18, 1918. "True to the end." — Inserted by her mates. -Otago Witness, 18/11/1919.
Gore cemetery.
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