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

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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 whārang

Elizabeth Cox. 'Jowett, Vida Eliza', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 2000. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/527/kitty-kain-vida-jowett-and-ruth-herrick-from-left-0 (accessed 4 June 2026).