Nada Florence Priest - Papers

Nada Florence Priest was born on 1 June 1922, at Waihou, New Zealand. Raised on a farm, she attended Te Aroha College, and afterwards worked for a short time for a local timber merchant. She joined the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps (WAACs) on 6 June 1943. She was initially based at Papakura Military Camp in Auckland, but also served in Wellington and Devonport, where she was part of the 67th Anti Aircraft Searchlight Battery. Priest later joined the Clerical Division and was posted to Hopuhopu camp, Ngaruawahia, where she remained after the war. She met her future husband, Laurence Verdun Stubbing, at a dance in Ngaruawahia. He had served with the army overseas for five years. They married in 1946.