Talk:Oriana Wilson

Reason for CBE?
The gazetting of the CBE does not give a reason for her award. The only current source that it was for work with the NZ Red Cross is an obituary so I have, for now, tagged it for a better source. I would expect there would be a contemporary source for the information. The website of NZ RC has no mention of her. Nedrutland (talk) 12:47, 17 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Yeah, can't find it, unfortunately. Maybe contacting the NZ RC or the Scott Polar Research Institute would be helpful? Enwebb (talk) 16:19, 17 April 2019 (UTC) edited to add this source might be useful. It's the right time frame and the preview was informative enough to know that it is talking about Wilson and the CBE. I applied for an account with Newspaper Archive through the Wikipedia library, but bookmarking this link here in case anyone else already has an account. Enwebb (talk) 18:18, 17 April 2019 (UTC)
 * The same wording (but in a different newspaper) is available here; "... bestowed mainly in connection with her work as hon sec of the Hospital Comforts Committee". Elsewhere there has been mention of the "New Zealand War Contingent Association", neither organisation is clearly linked with the Red Cross. Nedrutland (talk) 22:44, 17 April 2019 (UTC)


 * I found this website which seems to clarify the matter: Next, perhaps, to establishing and conducting the Soldiers' Club in Russell Square, which was opened on the 1st August 1916, the most important work undertaken by the Association was that of the hospitality committee with its two branches—the visiting and the entertainment sub-committees. The title of the visiting committee was later changed to the hospital comforts' committee when this branch of the work was taken over by the New Zealand Red Cross. So the committee was operated by the NZ RC, it seems. Nice find with that clipping, btw. Enwebb (talk) 23:42, 17 April 2019 (UTC)

For a moderately prominent figure, it is frustratingly difficult to find firm facts about her (the British Red Cross has excellent WWI archives on-line). I have edited her war service - please review and amend. Further tasks:
 * tag for UK Eng and dmy?
 * more on relationship with husband and trips to NZ to await news
 * obits from UK newspapers.

A 1917 report of the New Zealand War Contingent Association has her as a member of the exec. committee but not the hon. sec. Nedrutland (talk) 09:14, 18 April 2019 (UTC)


 * I'm a Yank so feel free to go over this and change any spellings/usages to British English. As for dmy that sounds good. Not sure how much more time I'm going to put into this article, though. In terms of amount of content needed and the amount of time to research and find sources, it's starting to tip the scale for me. I usually create an article that's a solid C class and then move on. Best of luck if you continue to toil here! Enwebb (talk) 01:10, 19 April 2019 (UTC)