Kōrero: Herrick, Hermione Ruth

Kitty Kain, Vida Jowett and Ruth Herrick (from left)

Kitty Kain, Vida Jowett and Ruth Herrick (from left)

The three most senior New Zealand servicewomen during the Second World War were Kitty Kain, superintendent of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF); Vida Jowett, chief commander of the New Zealand Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC); and Ruth Herrick, director of the Women's Royal New Zealand Naval Service (WRNZNS).

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, War Effort Collection
Reference: PAColl-0783-2-0051
Photograph by Auckland Weekly News

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 whārangi:

Judith Bright. 'Herrick, Hermione Ruth', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1998. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/4h29/herrick-hermione-ruth (accessed 20 April 2024)