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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1997-06-30 human Rosanne Walker updated 2025-11-03 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P002248b.htm person Fenner Ellen Margaret Bobbie OAM AACR2 Fenner, Bobbie 5 May 1911 December 1995 Place of Birth Ravensthorpe, Western Australia, Australia Medical scientist Bobbie Fenner was an unpaid technical assistant for her husband, Frank, at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute. With her husband, she donated money for the Annual Frank and Bobbie Fenner Symposia on Medical Research, held at the John Curtin School of Medical Research, and for the Fenner Conferences on the Environment, held at the Australian Academy of Science. 1936 1936 Career position - Trained and worked as a Nurse in Perth and completed a certificate in Midwifery 1937 1937 Career position - Trained and worked as a Nurse in Perth and completed a certificate in Infant Welfare 29 December 1939 1 November 1945 Career position - Served in the Middle East and then in Queensland where she worked on malaria, with the Australian Army Nursing Service 1946 1948 Career position - Worked part-time as an unpaid Technical Assistant with her husband, Frank, at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute 1980 1980 Award - Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) - in recognition of service to the community Fenner, Frank John (1914 - 2010)

Frank and Bobbie were husband and wife

 Fenner, Ellen Margaret Bobbie (19110505-19941102)

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 'Fenner, Ellen Margaret Bobbie (Bobbie)', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Fenner, Ellen Margaret Bobbie (Bobbie) Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation