Biography: Gunn, Elizabeth Catherine

Elizabeth Catherine Gunn

Later an autocratic but innovative school doctor and health camp founder, Elizabeth Catherine Gunn was very proud of her service as a captain in the New Zealand Medical Corps during the First World War.

Using this item

Alexander Turnbull Library, S. P. Andrew Collection (PAColl-3739)

Reference: 1/1-014009; G

Photograph by Stanley P. Andrew

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How to cite this page

Margaret Tennant. 'Gunn, Elizabeth Catherine', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1996. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/277/elizabeth-catherine-gunn (accessed 24 June 2026).