Kathleen Gertrude Hurd-Wood

Kathleen Gertrude Hurd-Wood MBE (née Chitty, 1 August 1886 10 April 1965) was a New Zealand advocate for the hard of hearing. She was born in Kirikiriroa, New Zealand, on 1 August 1886.[1]

In the 1961 Queen's Birthday Honours, Hurd-Wood was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire for services to the League of Hard of Hearing.[2]

References

  1. Maclean, Joan. "Kathleen Gertrude Hurd-Wood". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
  2. "No. 42372". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 June 1961. p. 4184.


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