ABRAHAMS, MAUD WILHELMINA (MINNIE) (May 15, 1901 – September 13, 1991) Mother died giving birth to Minnie, Suva Fiji 1901 Father died 7 years later Suva, Fiji 1908 Raised by Granny Petrie, sister Connie and others Suva and Ba, Fiji 1908 - 1920 Married Vivian Rudolph Abrahams, Suva Fiji 1921 Rarawai, 1924 - 1948; Nadi Airport, 1948 - 1955; Laucala Bay and Suva, Fiji 1955 - 1971, Raki Raki, Fiji 1971-1974 Worked at the Bayly Clinic and as Matron of the Nurses Quarters CWM Hospital Moved to Sydney, … [Read more...] about Minnie Abrahams
Fiji Wonderful Women
Shirley Hemming
HEMMING, SHIRLEY CONSTANCE (1923 — January 1, 2019) Widow of Dr. George Hemming, Co-founder of The Bayly Clinic, Suva Volunteer Almoner at the Suva Welfare Centre for 12-years By R A B (Tony) Snowsill Shirley Constance Miller, - Snowsill, - Hemming was first married to Mr Alan "Soot" Snowsill on April 27, 1946. They were married in the Catholic Church at Lawaqa, Nadroga – (That’s now a suburb of Sigatoka) – by the legendary Father T.M. Desbois. Bill Clark of Korolevu fame was the best … [Read more...] about Shirley Hemming
Gertrude Faddy
FADDY, GERTRUDE HELENA RRC (1884 — June 14, 1943) Matron Levuka Hospital Royal Red Cross Medal World War I 1914-1918 By Jim Sanday Sister Gertrude Helena Faddy, Fiji’s ‘Lady of the Lamp’, was the daughter of Dr William Faddy and Ruth Harriet Johnstone of Sigatoka, Fiji. She was also the sister of Captain Norman Faddy who, with his brother Captain Francis Faddy, served with the Fiji Contingent of the British Army in France and Belgium during World War 1 (1914-1918). Sister … [Read more...] about Gertrude Faddy
Jean Buckle
BUCKLE, JEAN BRANDON (1914 — 2006) Nursing Sister, CSR, Lautoka and Ba. By R A B (Tony) Snowsill. Ed. Tom Buckle (Jean's son). Jean Brandon Buckle was my aunt, my father's sister. My father was the late Mr Alan (Soot) Snowsill, who died in June 1970. Jean grew up in the small town of Nausori, Fiji, which is some 25 klm from Suva, the capital of Fiji. The town is situated on the Rewa River. Jean was born in Nausori in 1914. Jean, like her mother, Jessie Minnie Alice Snowsill (nee … [Read more...] about Jean Buckle
Grace Morrison
MORRISON, GRACE ANNE M.B.E., I.M. (July, 06 1893 — November 27, 1978) Nurse and Midwife Founder, Nurse Morrison's Nursing Home Fijian Government Independence Medal. By Jennifer (Mune) Willmott William Mune had migrated from Scotland to Queensland in 1863 and in 1870 he married Martha Fountain. They had six children before 1881 and in 1883 William took his family to Fiji where he had been appointed manager of the Rewa Sugar Company at Koronivia. A number of young men worked on … [Read more...] about Grace Morrison