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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2003-03-10 human Ailie Smith updated 2025-10-29 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P004398b.htm person Appleford Alice Ross RRC ARRC MM AACR2 King, Alice Ross Ross-King, Alice 5 August 1891 17 August 1968 Place of Birth Ballarat, Victoria, Australia Place of Death Cronulla, New South Wales, Australia Nurse Nurse administrator Alice Appleford was a member of the Australian Army Nursing Service during the First World War. She was twice mentioned in dispatches and was awarded the Military Medal and the Royal Red Cross (2nd class). Appleford later assisted her husband in establishing a first aid military unit and was assistant commandant of the Voluntary Aid Detachments (VADs). During the Second World War Appleford was assistant controller of the Australian Army Medical Women's Service, Victoria, rising to the rank of Major in 1942. She was awarded the Royal Red Cross in 1945. 1917 1917 Award - Military Medal (MM) 1918 1918 Award - Royal Red Cross (2nd Class) (ARRC) 1945 1945 Award - Royal Red Cross (RRC) 1949 1949 Award - Florence Nightingale Medal, International Committee of the Red Cross

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 Ross-King, Alice (18910805-19680817)

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 'Appleford, Alice Ross', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Appleford, Alice Ross Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource Section: Appleford, Alys (Alice) Ross, Biographical Entry Appleford, Alys (Alice) Ross, Biographical Entry National Foundation for Australian Women 2003 Australian Women's Archives Project 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