Yesterday marked 100 years since the HMTS Marquette sunk in the Aegean Sea after being torpedoed by a German submarine in World War I.
On board were five Wairarapa nurses, among 50 nurses, many from the South Island.
A church service was held in Christchurch yesterday to mark the date. Of the 167 killed, 32 New Zealanders died in the attack.
The HMTS Marquette was a British transport ship bound for the UK. The ship was located 57km south of Salonika Bay in Greece when it sunk.
Sister Edith McLeod trained and worked as a nurse at Masterton Hospital. She was awarded the Royal Red Cross for her "valuable nursing services in connection with the war".
