Biographical entry Boyce, Una Parry (1911 - 2003)

Summary

Una Boyce trained and worked as a nurse and midwife during the 1930s. In 1961 she became state secretary of the War Widows Guild of Australia, New South Wales, a position she held for almost thirty years. Boyce was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire, 1 January 1971, and Member of the Order of Australia, 10 June 1991, for her service to war widows.

Details

Events

1934

Career position - General Trained Nurse

1935

Career position - Registered Midwife at Queen Charlotte's Maternity Hospital in London, UK

1936

Career position - Diploma at the University of London, UK

1936 - 1938

Career position - Sister Tutor at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital

1961 - 1989

Career position - State Secretary of the War Widows Guild of Australia, New South Wales

1970

Award - Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

1991

Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM)

Archival resources

National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection

• Biographical cuttings on Una Boyce, former secretary of the War Widows' Guild of NSW, Cuttings Files BIOG; National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection. Details

Published resources

Online Resources

• Heywood, Anne, 'Boyce, Una Parry (1911 - 2003)', in The Australian Women's Register, 1 May 2009, http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE0447b.htm. Details
• National Library of Australia, 'Boyce, Una Parry', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-756059. Details

See also

• Herd, Margaret (ed.), Who's Who in Australia 2002, 38 edn, Crown Content, Melbourne, 2001, 2020 pp. Details