Biographical entry Fall, Constance Amy (1903 - 1998)

Summary

Constance Fall trained as a nurse at the Launceston Public Hospital, Tasmania, graduating in 1924. During the Second World War she was Lieutenant-Colonel in charge of the Australian Army Nursing Service in the Tasmania Line of Communication Area and matron-in-charge of the 1st Australian General Hospital, Australian Imperial Forces. Fall was mentioned in dispatches in 1941. Other positions held by Fall included Matron at the Quirindi District Hospital, New South Wales and Principal Matron at Eastern Command, New South Wales.

Details

Events

1942

Award - Royal Red Cross (RRC) received

1976

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

Archival resources

National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection

• Biographical cuttings on Lieutenant Constance Amy Fall, former Principal Matron Australian General Hospital, Middle East, 1942, Cuttings Files BIOG; National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection. Details

Published resources

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Fall, Constance Amy', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-756055. 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