Anne Delamere
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15 May 1921
Anne Delamere | |
|---|---|
| Born | Anne Anituatua Delamere 15 May 1921 Rotorua, New Zealand |
| Died | 26 May 2006 (aged 85) Wellington, New Zealand |
| Occupation | Public servant |
| Relatives | Tuariki Delamere (nephew)[1] |
Anne Anituatua Delamere DCNZM QSO (15 May 1921 – 26 May 2006) was a New Zealand public servant.
Born in Rotorua on 15 May 1921, Delamere was of Māori descent, affiliating to Te Whānau-ā-Apanui and Te Arawa.[2] She was educated at Queen Victoria School in Auckland, and saw military service in the New Zealand Women's Auxiliary Air Force between 1942 and 1947.[2]
Military service
During Delamere's time in the New Zealand Women's Auxiliary Air Force she was based at Defence Headquarters in Wellington, working in the team that coordinated the Māori war effort.[1]
When thinking back on her time in the Air Force, Delamere said:
In 1942 I came to Wellington and joined up with the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force [WAAF] based at Rongotai. … Later, I took up a job with the Telephone Exchange. We were brought to the Post Office and trained in that work. I reached the rank of sergeant, and was there until 1950. The war was over but it was good work and I stayed on.[3]