Biographical entry Baker, Edith Clarice (1899 - 1983)

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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Events

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

Online Resources

• Heywood, Anne, 'Baker, Edith Clarice (1899 - 1983)', in The Australian Women's Register, 1 October 2003, http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE0575b.htm. Details
• National Library of Australia, 'Baker, Edith Clarice', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-759070. Details

See also

• Alexander, John A. (ed.), Who's Who in Australia 1944, vol. 12, The Herald and Weekly Times Ltd, Melbourne, 1944, 906 pp. Details