Background
She was born in Taihape, New Zealand, in 1903 and educated at Taihape School and the Diocesan High School for Girls (in Auckland).
She was born in Taihape, New Zealand, in 1903 and educated at Taihape School and the Diocesan High School for Girls (in Auckland).
University of Otago.
In 1921 she began her medical studies at the University of Otago, graduating Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery in 1925. Pickerill was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1958 Queen"s Birthday Honours, for services in the field of plastic surgery. In the 1977 Silver Jubilee and Queen"s Birthday Honours she was promoted to Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire, for services to medicine, especially in the field of plastic surgery.