Artefact
Artefact
Display location
Pou Maumahara drawer bank 7, drawer G, medal position 57
Credit Line
Collection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 2001.25.497.9
Brent Mackrell Collection
Collection
Primary Maker
Place
Date
[1945]
Associated Notes
NZ War Service Medal 1939-45
Charge Sister Zona Mary Haworth
NZANS
She enlisted with the NZANS from Hastings in 1941 (gazetted 19.3.1941), and embarked with the New Zealand Medical Corps aboard HS Maunganui on 19 April 1941.
WW2: served record 13 trips in Hospital Ship Maunganui covering all theatres plus UK as a Physio-therapist. Returned to New Zealand aboard the Oranje.
post-war: civilian nursing.
Associated Event
WW2; 1939-1945
Associated Person
Associated Date
03 Sep 1939-02 Sep 1945
Period
Signature/marks
HP (medallist's initials)
Media
Measurement Description
medal: 36mm diameter
ribbon: 32mm wide
Measurement Reading
36mm (medal)
32mm (ribbon)
Subject Category
Classification
Media/Materials Notes
Last Update
19 Mar 2024
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