Biographical entry Mackenzie, Winifred ( - 1972)

Summary

Winifred Mackenzie specialised in orthopaedics and anaesthetics. She took leave of absence from the Queen Victoria Hospital, Melbourne, where she was honorary anaesthetist, in order to undertake full-time military duty during the Second World War.

Details

Events

1924

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

1940 - 1947

Career position - Lieutenant-Colonel of the Australian Army Medical Corps (AAMC), Australian Imperial Force (Assistant Director-General of Medical Services)

Archival resources

Australian War Memorial Research Centre

• Winifred Mackenzie, Portrait, 15 November 1944, 030214/12; Australian War Memorial Research Centre. Details

National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection

• Biographical cuttings on Lady Winifred Mackenzie, former specialist in orthopaedics and anaesthetics, Cuttings Files BIOG; National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection. Details

Published resources

Encyclopedia of Australian Science Exhibitions

• McCarthy, Gavan; Morgan, Helen; Smith, Ailie; van den Bosch, Alan, Where are the Women in Australian Science?, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, 2003, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/wisa/wisa.html. Details

Online Resources

• 'Mackenzie Winifred', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1477097. 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