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George Henry Matthews

Catherine Lawson Needham

Richard Mallinson
(1849-1914)
Amity Weakley
(1852-1933)
George John James Matthews
(1890-1982)
Dorothy Charlotte Mallinson
(1891-1965)
Dorrienne Matthews
(1915-2009)

 

Dorrienne Matthews 5,23

  • Born: 10 Jul 1915, Chipping Ongar, Essex, England 23
  • Marriage (1): Casper Hendrik Petrus Heine on 11 Dec 1954 in Kampala, Kampala District, Uganda
  • Died: 20 Apr 2009, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, England aged 93 23
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Spouses/Children:

1. Casper Hendrik Petrus Heine

  • Dorrienne Rose Heine+

(+ Shows person has known children.)



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bullet  General Notes:

Born 10 Jul 1915 in Ongar Essex, the eldest of 4 children, she trained as a nurse at Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital in London, also at St Charlottes and St Bartholomew. She joined Queen Alexandria's Nursing Corps in WW2 and was posted to Oxford, India and then to Singapore. At the end of the war she returned to nursing at Great Ormond Street, and rose to Night Supervisor, the highest nursing post under matron. In 1953 she applied to be part of Queen Elizabeth's Nursing Corps and was posted to Kampala in Uganda in 1954. Within a few months of arriving there she met and then married Casper Hendrik Petrus Heine on 11 Dec 1954 in Kampala. The couple then moved to Nairobi, Kenya, where I made an appearance, and then onto Dar-es-salaam in what is now Tanzania. In 1964 we came to England and lived for a while in Essex, then Somerset and finally Buckinghamshire. Five months after celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary Casper died on 17 May 2005, Dorrienne managed to spend two and a half more years in the home they had shared for 33 years, only to finally have to move to a local nursing home as her body failed her, but her mind was still active to the end.
Written by her daughter, Dorri

bullet  Birth Notes:

http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=1bWvkvrGcTT7%2F4BT1QZsBg&scan=1
Ongar RD.

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bullet  Sources of information or noted events in her life were:

• General Comment. 23 Dorri Roughley writes:-

She was posted by the Queen Elizabeth Nursing Corps to Kampala, Uganda where within months she met and then married Casper Heine. The couple then moved to Nairobi, Kenya, where Dorrienne Rose made an appearance, and then onto Dar-es-salaam in what is now Tanzania. In 1964 the family came to England and lived for a while in Essex with her parents, then Somerset, running a village corner shop and finally Buckinghamshire. Five months after celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary Casper died. Dorrienne managed to spend two and a half more years in the home they had shared for 33 years, only to finally have to move to a local nursing home as her body failed her, but her mind was still active to the end.

• Occupation. 23 Trained as a nurse at Great Ormond Street, London, and as a Midwife at Queen Charlottes, London. Nursed for 4 years at St Barts, London. At the outbreak of war she volunteered for Queen Alexandria's Nursing Corps, but was rejected due to a foot problem, she was accepted a year later after a corrective operation. Initially served in a military hospital in Oxford, then India and Burma. Her final posting was on a hospital ship which picked up British servicemen who had been Japanese prisoners. She returned to Great Ormond Street and rose to Night Supervisor (at the time the highest ranked nursing post at night), but was stopped by the hospital Matron from applying to any other hospital, the same woman had objected to her joining the QAs. But she did like the post as she is a very shy lady, and the night time work allowed her to avoid having to meet and greet important people visiting the hospital. An opportunity arose for nurses from Great Ormond Street to join the Queen Elizabeth Nursing Corps, she was accepted and was posted to Kampala, Uganda.

• Religion. 23 Church of England.


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Dorrienne married Casper Hendrik Petrus Heine, son of Andrius Petrus Heine and Anna Elizabeth Botha, on 11 Dec 1954 in Kampala, Kampala District, Uganda. (Casper Hendrik Petrus Heine was born on 25 Aug 1928 in Uasin Gishu Plateau, North Kenya, Kenya,23 died on 17 May 2005 in Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, England 23 and was cremated in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England 23.)



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