Ethel Pritchard

Ethel Pritchard MBE (née Watkins, 1880–1964), also known as Ethel Watkins Taylor, was a New Zealand military and civilian nurse. Of Māori descent, she identified with the Ngāpuhi iwi. She was born in Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand, in 1880.[1]

In the 1949 King's Birthday Honours, Pritchard was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire for long services as a district nurse and an honorary child welfare officer.[2]

References
  1. Burgess, Marie E. "Ethel Pritchard". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  2. "No. 38629". The London Gazette (Supplement). 9 June 1949. p. 2380.


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