Dot McNab

Dorothy Pauline McNab (née Lamason; 8 December 1921 – 8 August 1995) was a New Zealand women’s military administrator, political organiser and community leader.

Early life McNab was born Dorothy Pauline Lamason was born in Napier, New Zealand, on 8 December 1921. After her father died, she left Napier Girls' High School early and became an administrator. She joined the New Zealand Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) clerical division in 1942 and went overseas as part of the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force in Egypt and Italy. She provided advice to politicians including Prime Minister Keith Holyoake. She was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal in 1977, and the New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal in 1993.