Biographical entry Chapple, Phoebe (1879 - 1967)

Summary

Phoebe Chapple graduated from the University of Adelaide in 1904 and practised in Adelaide until she was 85. She distinguished herself during World War I and was awarded the Military Medal. Later she specialised in obstetrics and the veneral diseases of women. Chapple endowed a bursary for St Ann's College, University of Adelaide, which is administered in her name.

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Events

1898

Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Adelaide

1904

Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Bachelor of Surgery (BS) completed at the University of Adelaide

1905

Career position - House Surgeon at the Adelaide Hospital

1906? - 1914

Career position - Practised from her father's school at Prince Alfred College

1910 - c. 1940

Career position - Honorary Doctor at Salvation Army Maternity Hospital for unmarried mothers

1914 - 1918

Career position - Medical service for the British Army

1918

Award - Military Medal (MM) received

1919 - 1937

Career position - Private practice in North Terrace, Adelaide

1921 - 1922

Career position - Honorary Medical Officer at the Night Clinic (venereal diseases) for Women Patients at the Adelaide Hospital

1937 - 1964

Career position - Private practice from her home at Norwood

Archival resources

State Records of South Australia

• Phoebe Chapple - Records; State Records of South Australia. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

• Gibberd, Joyce, 'Chapple, Phoebe (1879-1967)', in Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 7, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1979, pp. 615-616. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A070625b.htm. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Chapple, Phoebe', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1462827. Details