Person
Hanna, Margaret Jean (1902 - 2000)
RRC
- Born
- 1 October 1902
Walwa, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 27 December 2000
Australia - Occupation
- Nurse
Summary
Jean Hanna served in Palestine, Egypt, Syria, Colombo, Borneo and Queensland with the Australian Army Nursing Service during World War II. She was Lady Superintendent of the Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, 1952-1962.
Details
Chronology
- 1931
- Education - Completed general and midwifery training
- 1931 - 1936
- Career position - Theatre Sister at the Alfred Hospital, Melbourne
- 1936 - 1937
- Life event - Spent eighteen months in England
- 1937 - 1939
- Career position - Theatre Sister at the Alfred Hospital, Melbourne
- 1940 - 1941
- Career position - Sister-in-charge of the 2/1 Casualty Clearing Station of the Australian Army Nursing Service
- 1941 - 1945
- Career position - Matron with the Australian Army Nursing Service at the 2/4th Australian General Hospital
- 1 January 1945
- Award - Royal Red Cross (RRC)
- September 1945 - c. 1946
- Career position - Matron of the Darley Military Hospital, Victoria
- c. 1946
- Career position - Matron of the Northfield Military Hospital, Adelaide
- 1946 - 1952
- Career position - Deputy Lady Superintendent and Matron at the Alfred Hospital, Melbourne
- 1949
- Career position - Fellow, College of Nursing, Australia
- 1952 - 1962
- Career position - Lady Superintendent and Director of Nurse training at the Alfred Hospital, Melbourne
- 1962 - 1974
- Career position - Sister-in-charge of the Children's Health Bureau for Anzac House
- 1974
- Life event - Retired
Related entries
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
Newspaper Articles
- Hudson, Susan, 'Obituary: Margaret Jean Hanna, RRC, FCNA, Wartime nursing sister and Alfred Hospital matron', The Age (2001). Details
Resources
- 'Hanna, Margaret Jean (1902-2000)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1475804. Details
Ailie Smith
Created: 26 November 2003, Last modified: 1 August 2007