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Hilda McMaugh was born Caroline Hilda Hope on 11 March 1885 at [[Kempsey, New South Wales|Kempsey]], in [[New South Wales]], Australia, the youngest of two daughters of George McMaugh and his wife Clementina Sarah (Daisy) née Ker.<ref name=Guesdon2021>{{cite news |last1=Guesdon |first1=A. J. |title=Pittwater Aviatrixes On The Eve Of The RAAF's 100th: A NSW Women's Week - Women Of Aviation Week Celebration |url=https://www.pittwateronlinenews.com/Early-Australian-Women-Pilots.php |access-date=26 April 2024 |work=www.pittwateronlinenews.com |issue=486 |publisher=Pittwater Online News |date=7 March 2021}}</ref> At home she was affectionately known as Cissy.<ref name=Skeel2020>{{cite news |last1=Skeel |first1=Margaret |last2=Ward |first2=John |title=Australian Army Nursing Service, 1st AIF |url=https://thelastpostmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Edition-22-TLP-Anzac-Day-2020-web.pdf |access-date=26 April 2024 |work=The Last Post |issue=22 |date=2020 |page=89}}</ref> |
Hilda McMaugh was born Caroline Hilda Hope on 11 March 1885 at [[Kempsey, New South Wales|Kempsey]], in [[New South Wales]], Australia, the youngest of two daughters of George McMaugh and his wife Clementina Sarah (Daisy) née Ker.<ref name=Guesdon2021>{{cite news |last1=Guesdon |first1=A. J. |title=Pittwater Aviatrixes On The Eve Of The RAAF's 100th: A NSW Women's Week - Women Of Aviation Week Celebration |url=https://www.pittwateronlinenews.com/Early-Australian-Women-Pilots.php |access-date=26 April 2024 |work=www.pittwateronlinenews.com |issue=486 |publisher=Pittwater Online News |date=7 March 2021}}</ref> At home she was affectionately known as Cissy.<ref name=Skeel2020>{{cite news |last1=Skeel |first1=Margaret |last2=Ward |first2=John |title=Australian Army Nursing Service, 1st AIF |url=https://thelastpostmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Edition-22-TLP-Anzac-Day-2020-web.pdf |access-date=26 April 2024 |work=The Last Post |issue=22 |date=2020 |page=89}}</ref> |
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After completing her nursing training at [[Tamworth District Hospital]], McMaugh enlisted with the AANS on 26 August 1916.<ref name=Skeel2020/><ref name=AWMen>{{cite web |title=Hilda Hope Mcmaugh |url=https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R2363657 |website=www.awm.gov.au |access-date=26 April 2024 |language=en}}</ref> She served first at the Army hospital in Sydney,<ref name=Skeel2020/> and the following year was posted to Cairo. She left Australia on 21 March 1917 on the ''[[TSS Kanowna]]'' to serve at the [[List of Australian Army medical units in World War I|14th Australian General Hospital]] in [[Abbassia]].<ref name=Skeel2020/><ref name=ANW>{{cite web |title=McA-McN |url=https://ausww1nurses.weebly.com/mca-mcn.html |website=Australian Nurses in World War 1 |access-date=26 April 2024 |language=en}}</ref> |
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==Life in England== |
==Life in England== |
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Hilda Hope McMaugh | |
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 Hilda Hope McMaugh (1919) | |
| Born | 11 Mar 1891 |
| Died | 30 March 1981 |
| Occupation | Nurse |
| Years active | 1916-1950 |
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Hilda Hope McMaugh (11 March 1891 – 30 March 1981) was a nurse and the first Australian woman to qualify as a pilot, receiving her certificate from the Royal Aero Club in England on 15 November 1919. She had previously served with the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) in a military hospital in Cairo during the First World War, before moving to London, where she took driving and flying lessons.
In 1920 McMaugh returned to her home town Uralla, in New South Wales. There, three years later, she established St Elmo’s Private Hospital.
Early life and education
Hilda McMaugh was born Caroline Hilda Hope on 11 March 1885 at Kempsey, in New South Wales, Australia, the youngest of two daughters of George McMaugh and his wife Clementina Sarah (Daisy) née Ker.[1] At home she was affectionately known as Cissy.[2]
After completing her nursing training at Tamworth District Hospital, McMaugh enlisted with the AANS on 26 August 1916.[2][3] She served first at the Army hospital in Sydney,[2] and the following year was posted to Cairo. She left Australia on 21 March 1917 on the TSS Kanowna to serve at the 14th Australian General Hospital in Abbassia.[2][4]
Life in England
In 1919, McMaugh was posted to England, where she took driving lessons, passed her driving test and received a licence from the UK's Royal Automobile Club.[2] She also took flying lessons in a Centaur IV aircraft at the Central Aircraft Company's base at Northolt Aerodrome.[2] On 15 November 1919, one month into flight training, McMaugh became the first Australian woman to qualify as a pilot, receiving her certificate, No. 7818, from the Royal Aero Club in England.[5][6] On 16 November 1919, the Sunday Times reported:
Miss McMaugh, an Australian lady, after only a month's training, successfully passed her tests yesterday and received the Royal Aero Club's Pilot Certificate. She flew a Centaur 4 machine.[7]
At the time she was reported to claim that she found flying aircraft easier than driving a car... "there are no bobbies and no crowds up there".[8] Newspapers reported that she "mastered the levers", could loop-the-loop, and that during the final test she "felt like a bird".[2]
Later life
McMaugh returned to Australia on 12 January 1920.[4][9] Her appointments with the Australian Army Nursing Service ended on 16 March 1920.[4] Women were not permitted to hold a pilot' licence in Australia, and McMaugh was not allowed to fly there.[10][11] In 1923, back in her home town Uralla, New South Wales, she bought an old school building and in it established a private hospital, St Elmo's.[7] In later years she financed a poo for the hospital, built by local men who had lost income as a result of the 'Depression'.[2] She may have possibly received earnings from a bet on Old Rowley, a rasehorse who won the Melbourne Cup.[2] She retired in 1950, having ran the hospital as its matron for near 30 years.[12] The hospital was sold to W. L. Colen, of Sydney and Ted Spensley, and converted into a hotel, before later being turned onto residential property.[1]
Death and legacy
McMaugh died in Uralla on 30 March 1981.[13] Her name is one of 850 inscripted on the Armidale Memorial Fountain, in Central Park, Armidale.[13] A retirement home is named after her.[7]
See also
References
- ^ a b Guesdon, A. J. (7 March 2021). "Pittwater Aviatrixes On The Eve Of The RAAF's 100th: A NSW Women's Week - Women Of Aviation Week Celebration". www.pittwateronlinenews.com. No. 486. Pittwater Online News. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Skeel, Margaret; Ward, John (2020). "Australian Army Nursing Service, 1st AIF" (PDF). The Last Post. No. 22. p. 89. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
- ^ "Hilda Hope Mcmaugh". www.awm.gov.au. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
- ^ a b c "McA-McN". Australian Nurses in World War 1. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
- ^ "Airwoman: first from Australia to pass the test". Pall Mall Gazette. London. 15 November 1919. p. 2. Retrieved 26 April 2024 – via British Newspaper Archives.
- ^ "War nurse wins pilot's certificate". Sunday Mirror. London. 16 November 1919. p. 9. Retrieved 26 April 2024 – via British Newspaper Archives.
- ^ a b c Ingall, Jennifer (24 December 2019). "Australia's first female pilot a forgotten heroine". ABC News. Archived from the original on 24 April 2024. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
- ^ "Melbourne chatter". Bulletin. No. 2083. 15 January 1920. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
- ^ The Hospital. Vol. 68–69. Scientific Press. 1920. p. 68.
- ^ Prince, Diana (2020). "4. International women pilots". Women in Aviation. Bloomington: AuthorHouse. p. 83. ISBN 978-1-7283-5813-0.
- ^ Mexted, Kathy (2020). "Introduction". Australian Women Pilots: Amazing true stories of women in the air. NewSouth Publishing. p. 14. ISBN 978-1-74224-506-5.
- ^ "Matron McMaugh of Uralla to retire". Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser. 2 October 1950. p. 6. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
- ^ a b "Hilda Hope McMaugh". vwma.org.au. Virtual War Memorial Australia. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
External links
- "Nurse becomes a pilot". British Pathé. Retrieved 24 April 2024.