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Kennedy, Irene Margaret

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1924 - 2012

Found in 23 Collections and/or Records:

Irene Margaret Kennedy: Tapanui's Postwoman (on bike)

 Digital Image
Identifier: DH00310016
Dates: 1970s

KENNEDY Irene Margaret interviewed by Joy Lietze

 Record Group — Box: 22
Identifier: H0031
Overview This interview covers Irene's early life in Browns and her time in the Women's War Service Auxiliary working in a flax mill in Tapanui. After the war she remained in Tapanui and worked first in the hospital and then in the Post Office where she worked as the local postie for 18 years. Irene was very keen on fishing, she fished actively for over 50 years and enjoyed meeting interesting people along the riverbank. Irene was Area Representative for Student Travel Schools.
Dates: 2010

Linen Flax Mill at Tapanui (Blue Mountains in the background)

 Digital Image
Identifier: DH00310010
Dates: c.1943

Ron and Irene Kennedy and Irene's sister and husband

 Digital Image
Identifier: DH00310007
Dates: 1946