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| name = Martha Isabel Loder | | name = Martha Isabel Loder | ||
| image = Martha_Loder.png | | image = Martha_Loder.png | ||
| alt = Picture of Martha Loder | | alt = Picture of Martha Loder | ||
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| birth_date = {{Birth year|1884}} | | birth_date = {{Birth year|1884}} | ||
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'''Note: All info summarized from the Newfoundland Historical Society Articles embedded below''' | {{Notice |heading=Source Information|center=y |'''Note: All info summarized from the Newfoundland Historical Society Articles embedded below'''}} | ||
'''Martha Loder''' is the first Newfoundland woman known to have volunteered as a Nurse during World War One. Loder’s war service overlaps with the initial training of the first 500 of the Newfoundland regiment, and she was in a theatre of war over ten months before the regiment landed in Suvla bay on the night of September 19, 1915. She was demobilized on March 17, 1919.<ref>{{cite book | '''Martha Loder''' is the first Newfoundland woman known to have volunteered as a Nurse during World War One. Loder’s war service overlaps with the initial training of the first 500 of the Newfoundland regiment, and she was in a theatre of war over ten months before the regiment landed in Suvla bay on the night of September 19, 1915. She was demobilized on March 17, 1919.<ref>{{cite book | ||
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==Early Life== | ==Early Life== | ||
Martha was born in 1884, daughter of John [[Loder]] who had moved from [[Ireland's Eye]] and was the first settler of [[Snook's Harbour]] proper. Her mother | Martha was born in 1884, daughter of John [[Loder]] who had moved from [[Ireland's Eye]] and was the first settler of [[Snook's Harbour]] proper. Her mother was Jane Tilley [[Smith]], born in Hant's Harbour, but having later settled in [[Elliott's Cove]] with her siblings and parents. | ||
She attended the small chapel-schools in Snook's Harbour. Later from about 1906 to 1910 teaching in the Methodist school's in [[Apsey Brook]], Snook's Harbour, and Elliott's Cove, which opened at different times of the year, sharing teachers. | She attended the small chapel-schools in Snook's Harbour. Later from about 1906 to 1910 teaching in the Methodist school's in [[Apsey Brook]], Snook's Harbour, and Elliott's Cove, which opened at different times of the year, sharing teachers. | ||
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Loder served in the 11 Stationary Hospital during the period in which it received casualties from the Last German Offensive that began on March 21, 1918 | Loder served in the 11 Stationary Hospital during the period in which it received casualties from the Last German Offensive that began on March 21, 1918 | ||
On July 23, 1918, Loder took on her last and most dangerous assignment: the Number 5 Ambulance Train attached to the 6 General Hospital in Rouen | On July 23, 1918, Loder took on her last and most dangerous assignment: the Number 5 Ambulance Train attached to the 6 General Hospital in Rouen. This was the culmination of a long-standing wish. In 1915 she expressed frustration that nurses “are not allowed to pick up the wounded [at the front]. I wish we were. I should like it. I hear that no Nursing Sister is allowed within five miles of the firing line.” She ended: “I shall be glad to go nearer if I am wanted.” | ||
She continued to work on the ambulance train till the end of the war. | She continued to work on the ambulance train till the end of the war. | ||
==Later Life== | ==Later Life== | ||
Once the war ended in November, 1918, there was still much field work remaining. Martha stayed in France until March 1919, when she was ordered back to England. In May 1919, she finally returned to Newfoundland, arriving after a two week journey. She spent the next few months back in Snook's Harbour, joined by an old friend from the army for several weeks. | |||
Her father had died during the war, and there was not much for a single woman at that time in rural Newfoundland. Martha and her friend both departed for Brandon, Manitoba in October 1919 to work as private duty nurses. From there, they returned to work as nurses in England. | |||
From there, in 1923, Martha took on a 2 year stint in St. John's as the first school nurse at Methodist College. The economic situation in Newfoundland, and her low salary, appear to have had an influence on her decision to depart for Boston on 1926. | |||
Home was ever a magnet, however, as she returned to St. John's again in 1929 to become Superintendent of the Child Welfare Association. | |||
In the fall of 1933, she brought her aging mother to Boston. Two years later, as her mother’s health declined, she brought her back to Snook’s Harbour in the hopes her memory and strength would improve. Jane died in February 1937. This would be Martha's last extended stay in Snook’s Harbour, though she returned for a three-week visit in the fall of 1939. | |||
After that, she returned to Massachusetts, dying there in 1963. | |||
==Source Material== | ==Source Material== | ||
All info contained with in this page is a summarization of the wonderful Newfoundland Historical Society article embedded below. | All info contained with in this page is a summarization of the wonderful Newfoundland Historical Society article embedded below. | ||
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