LOSS AT SEA
MRS. FLORENCE DUFF,
W.A.A.F.
Advice has been received of the loss at sea of Section Officer Florence Duff, W.A.A.F., as the result of enemy action. Mrs. Duff was the wife of Colonel C. J. Duff and the second daughter of the late Hon. W. W. Snodgrass, M.L.C.
She was one of the first New Zealanders to obtain a commission in the W.A.A.F., which she joined as a cook in 1939. She obtained her commission as a cipher officer in 1940, and prior to leaving England was messing officer for all ranks on a large R.A.F. station. She was returning to New Zealand to take up similar duties with the women's forces here, and to join her husband, who has recently returned from active service with . the 2nd N.Z.E.F. in the Middle East.
Mrs. Duff accompanied her husband to India in December, 1937, whence they proceeded to England in January, 1939. She was educated at the Nelson Girls' College.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 33, 7 August 1942, Page 6
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161LOSS AT SEA Evening Post, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 33, 7 August 1942, Page 6
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