Person

Baker, Edith Clarice (1899 - 1983)

Born
13 July 1899
Port Wakefield, South Australia, Australia
Died
1983
Occupation
Nurse

Summary

Edith Baker trained as a nurse at the Memorial Hospital, Adelaide, before gaining nursing experience in South Africa and England. During the Second World War she was a member of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Nursing Service, rising to the position of area matron.

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Chronology

1921 - 1925
Education - Training at the Memorial Hospital, Adelaide
1925 - 1941
Career position - Nursing experience in South Africa and England
January 1941
Career position - Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Nursing Service
January 1942 - March 1943
Career position - Senior Sister in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Nursing Service
March 1943 - November 1943
Career position - Matron with the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Nursing Service
November 1943 - 1944
Career position - Area Matron at the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Nursing Service

Published resources

Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions

  • McCarthy, Gavan; Morgan, Helen; Smith, Ailie; van den Bosch, Alan, Where are the Women in Australian Science?, Exhibition of the Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, First published 2003 with lists updated regulary edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, 2003, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/wisa/wisa.html. Details

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See also

  • Alexander, John A. ed., Who's who in Australia 1944 (Melbourne, Victoria: The Herald and Weekly Times Ltd, 1944), 906 pp. Details

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