tunic

Whakaaturia te wāhi

Scars on the Heart

Rārangi Mihi

Collection of Auckland Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, U134.1

Kuputuhi e Wātea Tūmatanui ana

Tunic, part of Women's Army Auxiliary Corps uniform, WW2

In August 1941 Meryll Neely became New Zealand's first female officer. She led a group of 30 women to serve in the New Zealand Forces club, Cairo. This unit of the Women's War Service Auxiliary, known as the 'Tuis' arrived in Cairo in 1941. The Tuis were later absorbed into the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps.

When the war ended in Europe Meryll worked for the United Nations Refugee and Rehabilitation Agency's headquarters at Tirana in Albania.

Takenga ā-Ahurea

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Kohinga

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Kaiwaihanga Matua

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Wāhi

[New Zealand]

Rā

[1940-1945]

Tuhipoka Hāngai

Tunic, part of Women's Army Auxiliary Corps uniform, WW2

In August 1941 Meryll Neely became New Zealand's first female officer. She led a group of 30 women to serve in the New Zealand Forces club, Cairo. This unit of the Women's War Service Auxiliary, known as the 'Tuis' arrived in Cairo in 1941. The Tuis were later absorbed into the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps.

When the war ended in Europe Meryll worked for the United Nations Refugee and Rehabilitation Agency's headquarters at Tirana in Albania.

Mahi Hāngai

WW2; 1939-1945

Tangata Hāngāi

Major Meryll Neely
Women's Army Auxiliary Corps
Meryll Neely

Wāhi Hāngai

Middle East/Asia

Rā Hāngai

[1941-1945]

Tikanga Waihanga

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Wā