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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2003-11-26 human Ailie Smith updated 2025-10-29 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P004512b.htm person Hanna Margaret Jean RRC AACR2 1 October 1902 27 December 2000 Place of Birth Walwa, Victoria, Australia Place of Death Australia Nurse 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. 1931 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 1 January 1945 Award - Royal Red Cross (RRC) September 1945 c. 1946 Career position - Matron of the Darley Military Hospital, Victoria c. 1946 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 1949 Career position - Fellow, 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 1974 Life event - Retired Australian Army Nursing Service (1902 - 1948) 1940 1946

Margaret Hanna served as a Sister-in-charge and then Matron for the Australian Army Nursing Service between 1940 and 1946.

 Hanna, Margaret Jean (1902-2000)

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 'Hanna, Margaret Jean', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Hanna, Margaret Jean Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Newspaper Article: Obituary: Margaret Jean Hanna, RRC, FCNA, Wartime nursing sister and Alfred Hospital matron Hudson, Susan Obituary: Margaret Jean Hanna, RRC, FCNA, Wartime nursing sister and Alfred Hospital matron 2001 The Age