This honour board from Timaru Girls’ High School commemorates former pupils who served during the Second World War. It records more than forty women who volunteered across a wide range of organisations, including the New Zealand Army Nursing Service, the Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps, the Voluntary Aid Detachments, the Women’s War Service Auxiliary, and the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. Together, their names reflect the many roles women undertook in wartime—nursing the wounded, supporting military operations, providing voluntary aid, and contributing to post-war relief overseas. Displayed within the school, the board stands as both a record of service and a tribute to the courage, commitment, and community spirit of these women.
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NZANS (New Zealand Army Nursing Service)
Pat Andrews
Isobel Cochrane
Jean Sinclair
Joyce McDonald
Myra Bassett
Jean McMahon
Ruth Talbot
Margaret Ford
Mary Howden
Ida Mackenzie
Sadie Mackenzie
Mavis Thyne
Margaret Scott
Shona Sutherland
Dora Gabites
Mary Calder
Other Services
Joy Andrew — V.A.
Betty Hall — W.A.A.C.
Colleen O’Connor — W.A.A.C.
Irene McLean — U.N.R.R.A.
NZANS
Jean Waldie
Zona Joyce
Alison Ussher
Evelyn Adams
WWWSA (Women’s War Service Auxiliary)
Audrey Holdgate
Catherine Johnson
V.A. (Voluntary Aid)
Sheena Gillanders
Joan Holdgate
Sylvia Button
Ina Buiston
Hazel Dale
Zilba Elliott
Peggy Clowes
Frances Greenfield
Margaret Andrew
Karin Scannell
WAAC (Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps)
Margery Greenfield
Lucy Wright
Sylvia Button