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Haurongo: Hodgkins, Frances Mary

Leaving Buckingham Palace

Photograph of Frances Hodgkins, her niece, Lydia and Noel Pharazyn crossing the street outside Buckingham Palace

Noel Pharazyn, the husband of Frances Hodgkins's niece Lydia, was awarded the Military Cross in November 1918 and received the decoration at Buckingham Palace in March 1920. He is shown leaving the palace with his wife (second from left) and Hodgkins (left).

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, Eric McCormick Collection

Reference: 1/2-010510-F (detail)

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

Linda Gill. 'Hodgkins, Frances Mary', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1993. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/46519/leaving-buckingham-palace (accessed 4 June 2026).