Nursing, Medical, & St. John Ambulance Medals
Lot 1219 Day 1 Nursing, Medical, & St. John Ambulance Medals
Estimate $80
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NEW ZEALAND TRAINED MIDWIVES', Maternity badge in silver (27x35mm), by S.D. & Co (Stewart Dawson & Co), ring top suspension and brooch bar missing, reverse inscribed '178/Esther Homer/Auckland/1909'. Dent near mid-left edge, otherwise fine.
Nurse Esther Homer of Parnell died on 11 December 1940. She trained as a maternity nurse at St Helen's Hospital, Auckland. She was nurse to Sir Hugh Walpole, the famous novelist, when his father was vicar at Parnell. Nurse Homer was a foundation member of the Auckland Nursing Division of the St John Ambulance Brigade and remained a supporter until her death.
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