Industrious Kiwis
Women's Land Service in World War Two
Pascoe, John Dobee, 1908-1972, June Matthews, of the Women's Land Service, helping Bob McKenzie to ear mark a lamb, 30 September 1943, B&W original negative, Photographic Archive, Alexander Turnbull Library, Reference: 1/4-000731-F
Women's Land Service in World War Two
Land girls during the Second World War made an important contribution by keeping New Zealand farms operating while men were away fighting overseas.
This was the first time women were in paid employment on farms. It had a transformative effect on the employment of women in New Zealand.
This photograph shows June Matthews, a land girl, helping a farmer to ear mark a lamb in 1943.
Permission of the National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa must be obtained before any reuse of this image.
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