Biographical entry Hanna, Margaret Jean (1902 - 2000)

Summary

Jean Hanna served in Palestine, Egypt, Syria, Colombo, Borneo and Queensland with the Australian Army Nursing Service during World War II. She was Lady Superintendent of the Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, 1952-1962.

Details

Events

1931

Education - Completed general and midwifery training

1931 - 1936

Career position - Theatre Sister at the Alfred Hospital, Melbourne

1936 - 1937

Life event - Spent eighteen months in England

1937 - 1939

Career position - Theatre Sister at the Alfred Hospital, Melbourne

1940 - 1941

Career position - Sister-in-charge of the 2/1 Casualty Clearing Station of the Australian Army Nursing Service

1941 - 1945

Career position - Matron with the Australian Army Nursing Service at the 2/4th Australian General Hospital

1 January 1945

Award - Royal Red Cross (RRC) received

September 1945 - c. 1946

Career position - Matron of the Darley Military Hospital, Victoria

c. 1946

Career position - Matron of the Northfield Military Hospital, Adelaide

1946 - 1952

Career position - Deputy Lady Superintendent and Matron at the Alfred Hospital, Melbourne

1949

Career position - Fellow of the College of Nursing, Australia

1952 - 1962

Career position - Lady Superintendent and Director of Nurse training at the Alfred Hospital, Melbourne

1962 - 1974

Career position - Sister-in-charge of the Children's Health Bureau for Anzac House

1974

Life event - Retired

Published resources

Newspaper Articles

• Hudson, Susan, 'Obituary: Margaret Jean Hanna, RRC, FCNA, Wartime nursing sister and Alfred Hospital matron', The Age, 12 January 2001. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Hanna, Margaret Jean', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1475804. Details