Edith Mary Rudd RRC (née Lewis; 14 February 1882 – 7 May 1967) was a New Zealand civilian and military nurse.
[1][2] Rudd was born in Northampton, England, the daughter of George Llewellyn Lewis and Mary Hunter née Littlejohn.
[1] Rudd served as a nurse again in World War II, as Matron of the New Zealand Hospital Ship Maunganui from 1941 to 1945.
[5] Rudd spent some time in 1945 and 1946 nursing at Trentham Military Hospital in Wellington on her return to New Zealand.
[7] In the 1944 King's Birthday Honours, Rudd received the highest military nursing award, the Royal Red Cross (First Class).