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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2001-11-16 human Helen Hamilton for ANMHP updated 2025-10-29 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P004101b.htm person Sage Annie Moriah CBE RRC AACR2 17 August 1895 6 April 1969 Place of Birth Somerville, Victoria, Australia Place of Death Frankston, Victoria, Australia Nurse Annie Moriah Sage's distinguished military nursing career in the Second World War included the introduction of the Australian Army Medical Women's Service Training Scheme and she was closely involved in the planning and establishment of the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps as an integral part of the Australian Regular Army and the Citizen Military Forces. After the war she took an active and leading role in the establishment of the War Nurses Memorial Centre and the Centaur War Nurses Fund. Through her work with the (Royal) College of Nursing she made a very important contribution to postgraduate nursing education. She was also active in the negotiations that brought about the 1958 Nurses' Act which gave wider power to the registering authority, the Victorian Nursing Council.

CBE (Military Division) 1951. Educated Royal Melbourne Hospital; midwifery training, Melbourne Women's Hospital; infant welfare training, Victorian Baby Health Centre and Diploma, Sanitary Institute of London; Health Visitor and School Nurse certificates, Sanitary Institute of London. Matron, Victorian Baby Health Centres Training School 1931-39; Royal Australian Army Nursing Service 1939; Matron 2/2nd Australian General Hospital 1940; Matron-in-Chief, Australian Imperial Forces 1941; Matron-in-Chief (rank of Colonel), Royal Australian Army Nursing Service 1943-47; Lady Superintendent, (Royal) Women's Hospital, Melbourne 1947-51. Royal Red Cross Medal 1942; Florence Nightingale Medal 1947; International Geneva Red Cross Award 1947. Foundation member, first president and honorary fellow, (Royal) College of Nursing, Australia.

1951 1951 Award - Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

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 'Sage, Annie Moriah', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Sage, Annie Moriah Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Sage, Annie Moriah (1895-1969), army matron-in-chief McCarthy, Janice Sage, Annie Moriah (1895-1969), army matron-in-chief Melbourne Melbourne University Press 2002 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 16: 1940 - 1980 Pik-Z John Ritchie and Diane Langmore 166 Book: In Pursuit of Nursing Excellence: a History of the Royal College of Nursing, Australia 1949-1999 Smith, Russel G. In Pursuit of Nursing Excellence: a History of the Royal College of Nursing, Australia 1949-1999 Melbourne Oxford University Press 1999 Book: Revolutions and Rosewater: the Evolution of Nurse Registration in Victoria, 1923-1973 Minchin, Maureen Kathryn Revolutions and Rosewater: the Evolution of Nurse Registration in Victoria, 1923-1973 Melbourne Victorian Nursing Council 1977 Book: Matron A.M. Sage 'Sammie': a Tribute by Betty Jeffrey Jeffrey, Betty Matron A.M. Sage 'Sammie': a Tribute by Betty Jeffrey Herald Gravure Printers 1970? Edited Book: Who's who in Australia 1944 Alexander, John A. Who's who in Australia 1944 12th Melbourne, Victoria The Herald and Weekly Times Ltd 1944 Book: Victoria's Living Memorial: History of the Nurses Memorial Centre, 1948-1990 Williams, Jennifer A. Victoria's Living Memorial: History of the Nurses Memorial Centre, 1948-1990 Melbourne Nurses Memorial Centre 1991 Book: White Coolies Jeffrey, Betty White Coolies Sydney Angus and Robertson 1954 Biographical cuttings on Annie M. Sage, Matron-in-Chief of the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps, 1942-1952 National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection Biographical cuttings on Annie M. Sage, Matron-in-Chief of the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps, 1942-1952 Cuttings Files BIOG Report on tour of Duty to Sumatra by Col Ann N Sage Matron-in-Chief, AANS Australian War Memorial Research Centre Report on tour of Duty to Sumatra by Col Ann N Sage Matron-in-Chief, AANS AWM54 553/6/2 1942 - 1945 Miss A. M. Sage - Honour (awarded CBE) National Archives of Australia, National Office Miss A. M. Sage - Honour (awarded CBE) A463 1959/3672 1950 Sage, Annie Moriah - Pay ledger, history cards, allotment cards, tax deduction cards National Archives of Australia, Melbourne Office Sage, Annie Moriah - Pay ledger, history cards, allotment cards, tax deduction cards MT415/1 VX361 1940 - 1947 4 x pay ledger and history cards, 3 x allotment cards, 1 x tax deduction card, Second World War. Sage, Annie Moriah, Colonel RRC CBE National Archives of Australia, Melbourne Office Sage, Annie Moriah, Colonel RRC CBE B883 VFX361 1939 - 1987 Personnel dossier for second Australian Imperial Forces ex-service members, 36pp. 36 pages Sage, Annie Moriah (Matron b: 1895 d: 1969) Australian War Memorial Research Centre Sage, Annie Moriah (Matron b: 1895 d: 1969) PR00636 1940 Photocopy and transcript of Matron Sage (2/2 AGH) covering April to July 1940. Describes journey on troopship; entertainment; shore leave at Colombo; nursing duties, sightseeing, shopping, and movements through Egypt and Gaza. 2 items Annie Moriah Sage, Records Royal College of Nursing, Australia, Archives Annie Moriah Sage, Records Series 252/13 Box 234 1948 - 1987 Annie Moriah Sage, Portrait Nurses Memorial Centre Annie Moriah Sage, Portrait Coloured photographic portrait of Annie Moriah Sage as Matron Artwork Annie Moriah Sage Annie Moriah Sage Courtesy Australian Nursing History Project.

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