item details
Name'N.Z. Registered Midwife' badge
ProductionMayer & Kean Limited; manufacturer(s); 1943; New Zealand
Classificationbadges, brooches
Materialsmetal, enamel
DimensionsOverall: 29mm (width), 29mm (height), 6mm (depth), 29mm (diameter)
Registration NumberGH021338
Credit lineGift of Mary Ann Townsend, 2009
Overview
This badge belonged to Caroline Burrows (1916-2002) who gained her registration certificate as a maternity nurse on 12 July 1941. She had gained her Certificate of Nursing in April 1940 at Masterton Hospital. She went on to serve in the Royal New Zealand Nursing Corps during the Second World War.