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'''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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|title=NURSE MARTHA ISABEL LODER (1884-1963) AND THE GREAT WAR: From Snook’s Harbour to the Somme
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Martha Isabel Loder
Born1884 (1884)
Died(1963-06-25)June 25, 1963
Other namesMona
OccupationNurse
Known forFirst Newfoundland woman known To have volunteered as a nurse during World War One.

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.[1]

  1. Duley, Margot I. NURSE MARTHA ISABEL LODER (1884-1963) AND THE GREAT WAR: From Snook’s Harbour to the Somme (PDF). The Newfoundland Historical Society. p. 1.