Ettie Annie Rout

Ettie Annie Rout (24 February 1877 – 17 September 1936) was a Tasmanian-born New Zealander whose work among servicemen in Paris and the Somme during World War I made her a war hero among the French, yet through the same events she became persona non grata in New Zealand. She married Fred Hornibrook on 3 May 1920, after which she was Ettie Hornibrook. They had no children and later separated, and she died, and is buried in the Cook Islands.

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Ettie Annie Rout
Alias (AKA)Ettie Hornibrook
Birth dateFebruary 24, 1877
Birth place
Tasmania , Launceston Tasmania
Date of deathSeptember 17, 1936
Place of death
Cook Islands , Rarotonga
Known for
Sexually transmitted disease

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