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Great War Stories 3 - The Marquette

2016 Television
  • Documentary
  • War
  • NZ History

When British troopship The Marquette sank in the Aegean Sea, killing 32 New Zealanders in World War One, it caused outrage in Aotearoa. Their deaths — mainly nurses and medical orderlies — could have been avoided if they'd been on a hospital ship, which gave more protection from attack. Instead 167 people died on 23 October 1915 when a German torpedo slammed into their vessel. This Great War Stories episode interviews Antonia Prebble about her role in Australian TV series Anzac Girls, playing Marquette survivor, nurse Hilda Steele.