Martha Loder
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]
Martha Isabel Loder | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1884 |
| Died | June 25, 1963 |
| Other names | Mona |
| Occupation | Nurse |
| Known for | First Newfoundland woman known To have volunteered as a nurse during World War One. |
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- ↑ 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.