Person

Wheatley, Alice Jean (1904 - 1993)

OBE ARRC

Born
3 August 1904
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Died
17 May 1993
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Occupation
Nurse

Summary

Alice Wheatley undertook nursing training at the Fremantle Hospital, Western Australia and the Queen Victoria Hospital, Victoria. She was awarded the ARRC in 1944 for her work in charge of the first nursing party of RAAF nurses in New Guinea. In 1951 Wheatley was appointed as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in recognition of her work in the RAAF Nursing Service.

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Chronology

1941
Career position - Joined the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Nursing Service
April 1942 - May 1944
Career position - Served at Medical Receiving Stations 2 and 3 in Papua New Guinea
1944
Award - Royal Red Cross (second class) (RRC)
1946
Career position - Represented the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Nursing Service in the Victory Contingent to England
1946 - 1951
Career position - Matron-in-Chief of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Nursing Service
1951
Award - Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

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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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