Born 1911, Kensington Hill, Victoria – Mo: Agnes Miller. Fa: Joseph McGladdery.

 1931 ER - Nurse at ODH

 From the ODH House Committee report 15 March 1932 – As directed at last meeting I notified matron to ask nurse McGladery to endeavour to obtain an engagement in Melbourne for her 4th year.

 From the ODH House Committee report 13 December 1932 – Nurse McGladdery is away on holidays.

 Passed final examinations March 1933 – PERSONAL – Nurse Vira McGladdery of the Ovens District Hospital, was among the successful candidates at the recent nurses’ examinations held under the Nurses’ Board. Ovens and Murray Advertiser, 22 March 1933.

 Awarded qualification Beechworth Hospital, April 1933.

 May 1933 - nursing privately at Rockbank Farm near Tallarook.

 1934 - nurse Women’s Hospital, Melbourne

1935 at 38 Tooronga Road, East Malvern.

1936 ER nurse 191 Dandenong Road, East Malvern

Possibly arrived in New Zealand on the Wanganella in December 1937.

 Visitors to Queenstown, White Star Hotel - … Miss V. McGladdery, Melbourne; … LAKE WAKATIP MAIL, 1 February 1938.

 PERSONAL

Passengers who travelled to-day from Gisborne to Hastings and Palmerston North by the East Coast Airways’ service included the following:— Gisborne Palmerston North: Miss V. McGladdery  … Poverty Bay Herald, 29 April 1938.

1938 ER NZ Nurses’ Club, Kensington Street, Wellington.

 Married Roy Mace, a farmer from Masterton, N.Z. in 1941.

 Died Lansdowne, New Zealand, 28 May 1944 aged 33. Fa: Joseph McGladdery, Mo: Agnes Miller Buried Archer Street Cemetery, Masterton with her husband’s family.

 MACE.—On May 28, 1944, at her late residence. The Terrace, Lansdowne, Masterton,  dearly beloved wife of Roy Mace. Dominion, 30 May 1944.

FUNERAL NOTICE.

THE FRIENDS of Mr Roy Mace, of The Terrace, Lansdowne, Masterton, are invited to attend the funeral of his beloved wife, Vera, which will leave his residence TOMORROW (Tuesday, May 30, 1944), following a service at 1.30 p.m., for the Masterton Cemetery. HYDE’S FUNERAL SERVICE, LTD. (H. W. Lindsey, Director.) Wairarapa Times, 29 May 1944.

MACE (nee Vira McGladdery).—On May 28, at Masterton, N.Z., loved wife of Roy, and dearly loved niece of David and Jessie Miller, Epping. The Argus, 3 June 1944.

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