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  • Ingoa Kē

    tin of buttons and badges : Sergeant : NZ Women's Auxiliary Army Corps : WW2 (descriptive name)

    Sergeant Isabelle Rose Ellen (Belle) Cairns, Education Rehabilitation Service, NZ WAAC (associated name)

  • Kupu whakaahua

    tin of buttons and badges : Sergeant : NZ Women's Auxiliary Army Corps, WW2

    Part of uniform of 822396 Sergeant Isabelle Rose Ellen (Belle) Cairns, Education Rehabilitation Service, New Zealand WAAC

    Sergeant Belle Cairns (822396) was a member of the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps, attached to the HQ and office section of the Education Rehabilitation Service (ERS) during WW2. She died at Oamaru on 11 April 2004.

    collection of badges in an Emergency Ration tin; contents include 4 large NZ FORCES buttons, 4 small NZ FORCES buttons, 3 NZ FORCES buttons, 4 assorted buttons, 10 rings for attaching buttons, three hat badges - two NZ WAAC PRO PATRIA badges and one NZ ONWARD badge, one printing plate : I. CAIRNS; 7 cloth NEW ZEALAND shoulder titles; medal ribbons on brooch [Italy Star and 1939-45 Star); two sets of stripes on khaki cloth (one with 2 red stripes and one with three red stripes), two khaki tags

  • Wāhi
    [New Zealand]
  • Accession Number
    1986.203
  • Tohu Tuakiri Kē

    U280.10 (uniform)

  • Wāhanga

    History

    War History

Mātātuhi me ngā tuhinga

Taonga

  • Rārangi Mihi
    Collection of Auckland Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, 1986.203, U280.10
  • Kuputuhi e Wātea Tūmatanui ana

    New Zealand WAAC uniform, of 822396 Sergeant Isobel Rose (Belle) Cairns, Education Rehabilitation Service, WW2

    Sergeant Isobel (Belle) Cairns (822396) was a member of the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps, attached to the HQ and office section of the Education Rehabilitation Service (ERS) during WWII. She died at Oamaru on 11 April 2004.

  • Wāhi
    [New Zealand]
  • Rā
    [1941-1945]
  • Tuhipoka Hāngai

    New Zealand WAAC uniform, of 822396 Sergeant Isabelle Rose Ellen (Belle) Cairns, Education Rehabilitation Service, WW2

    Sergeant Belle Cairns (822396) was a member of the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps, attached to the HQ and office section of the Education Rehabilitation Service (ERS) during WWII. She died at Oamaru on 11 April 2004.

  • Mahi Hāngai
    WW2; 1939-1945
  • Tangata Hāngāi

     Miss Belle Cairns

     New Zealand Women's Army Auxiliary Corps

  • Wā

    World War 2/Wars

  • Taumata whakarōpū

    button

    uniform accessory

    uniforms

    Button

    Fastener, Textile

    Notion

    Needleworking Equipment

    Textileworking T&E

    04 Tools & Equipment for Materials

  • Whakahounga o Mua
    15 May 2023
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