# Mary Muir

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{{Short description|New Zealand nurse (1881–1962)}}
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'''Mary Ann Muir''' (13 October 1881 – 5 October 1962) was a New Zealand nurse who served in [World War I](/source/World_War_I).<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://pukeariki.com/Exhibitions/Bringing-It-Home/Bringing-Home-The-Stories-Womens-War/Sister-Mary-Muir|title=Sister Mary Muir – Puke Ariki Museum Libraries Tourist Information Taranaki New Zealand|last=New Zealand|first=Puke Ariki Museum Libraries Tourist Information Taranaki|website=pukeariki.com|language=en-NZ|access-date=14 September 2017}}</ref>

Muir was born and raised in south [Taranaki](/source/Taranaki), in New Zealand's North Island. Her parents were farmers in [Oaonui](/source/Oaonui). Muir completed her nursing training at [New Plymouth](/source/New_Plymouth) Hospital in 1909 and worked as a district nurse in her home area.<ref>{{Cite journal|date=1 July 1909|title=State Examination of Nurses|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/KT19090701.2.23?query=Mary%20Muir|journal=Kai Tiaki: The Journal of the Nurses of New Zealand|volume=II|issue=3|pages=24}}</ref> In 1915 she joined the [New Zealand Army Nursing Service](/source/New_Zealand_Army_Nursing_Service) and departed on the [SS Maheno](/source/SS_Maheno).<ref name=":0" /> However, Muir contracted [typhoid](/source/Typhoid_fever) and was sent back to New Zealand. After recuperating at Trentham Military Camp, Muir went back to England and nursed in a general hospital there. She was later sent to France and served on the Western Front at [Amiens](/source/Amiens).<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://collection.pukeariki.com/objects/173473|title=Medal, British War|website=Puke Ariki Museum Libraries Tourist Information Taranaki New Zealand|language=en|access-date=14 September 2017}}</ref> For her war service, she received the [1914 Star](/source/1914_Star) and the [Victory Medal](/source/Victory_Medal_(United_Kingdom)).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://collection.pukeariki.com/persons/12590|title=Mary Ann Muir|website=Puke Ariki Museum Libraries Tourist Information Taranaki New Zealand|language=en|access-date=14 September 2017}}</ref>

After the war, Muir returned to New Zealand and Taranaki and worked with her sister Catherine to set up the Iona Private Hospital in New Plymouth. The pair ran the hospital for 20 years. Shortly after her return, the people of Oaonui presented her with an engraved medallion to show their appreciation of her war work.<ref name=":0" />

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