P004399
revised
AU-VU:EOAS
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation
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Person
created
2003-03-10
human
Ailie Smith
updated
2025-12-31
human
https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P004399b.htm
person
Baker
Edith Clarice
AACR2
13 July 1899
1983
Place of Birth
Port Wakefield, South Australia, Australia
Nurse
Edith Baker trained as a nurse at the Memorial Hospital, Adelaide, before gaining nursing experience in South Africa and England. During the Second World War she was a member of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Nursing Service, rising to the position of area matron.
1921
1925
Education - Training at the Memorial Hospital, Adelaide
1925
1941
Career position - Nursing experience in South Africa and England
January 1941
January 1941
Career position - Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Nursing Service
January 1942
March 1943
Career position - Senior Sister in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Nursing Service
March 1943
November 1943
Career position - Matron with the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Nursing Service
November 1943
1944
Career position - Area Matron at the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Nursing Service
Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), Commonwealth of Australia (1921 - )
Baker, Edith Clarice (1899-1983)
Trove
'Baker, Edith Clarice', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology
Baker, Edith Clarice
Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation
Resource Section: Baker, Edith Clarice (1899 - 1983)
Heywood, Anne
Baker, Edith Clarice (1899 - 1983)
The Australian Women's Register
Resource: A9300 RAAF Officers Personnel files, 1921-1948
CA 778, Air Services Branch; CA 35, Department of Air, Central Office
A9300 RAAF Officers Personnel files, 1921-1948
National Archives of Australia, RecordSearch
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