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Haurongo: Shadbolt, René Mary

Three New Zealand nurses who served with the republicans in the Spanish Civil War

Three New Zealand nurses who served with the republicans in the Spanish Civil War

René Mary Shadbolt (centre) and two other nurses, Isobel Dodds (left) and Millicent Sharples (right), were sent to Spain in 1937 by the New Zealand Spanish Medical Aid Committee to provide support for the republican cause.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: C-016123-1/2

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Maurice Shadbolt. 'Shadbolt, René Mary', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1998. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/1850/three-new-zealand-nurses-who-served-with-the-republicans-in-the-spanish-civil-war (accessed 4 June 2026).