Hayter, Lorna (1897 - 1989)

Lorna Hayter studied agriculture at the University of Sydney. In 1927 she joined the New South Wales Department of Agriculture. During World War II Hayter was a member of the Women's Australian National Services, and became Assistant Controller with the Australian Army Women's Service. Later she hosted the Australian Broadcasting Commission weekly national program Farm and Home and became women's editor of the Land Newspaper. On 31 December 1979, Lorna Hayter was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire for services to agriculture and the community.

• Byrne, Lorna (maiden name)

Events

1921 - 1927	Science teacher with the Department of Education at Orange
1927 - 1948	Senior Extension Officer with the Agricultural Bureau of New South Wales
1936 - 1937	Researcher with the Rural Adult Education Overseas Grant for the Carnegie Corporation, New York
1941 - 1944	Assistant controller with the Australian Women's Army Service
1944 - 1945	Assisted with the Rural Reconstruction Report
1953 - 1967	Employed by the Australian Broadcasting Commission
1961 - 1971	Broadcaster for the radio program Farm and Home and women's editor Land Newspaper
1978 - 1980	Board member of the YWCA, Sydney
1981 - 1989	Patron of the Australian Women's Army Service Association (NSW)

Related Corporate Bodies

• Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS) (1941 - 1947)

  1941 appointed second-in-command AWAS. As one of the foundation members of this Service she held the rank of Major and was stationed at Victoria Barracks, Melbourne. Her position took her Australia wide until 1943 when posted to Western Australia.

  [1941 - 1944]

• Australian Women's Army Service Association (NSW) (1948 - )

  Patron

  [1981 - 1989]

Online Resources

• Department of Veterans' Affairs, 'BYRNE, LORNA', in World War 2 Nominal Roll, 2002, http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/script/veteran.asp?ServiceID=A&VeteranID=350672. [ Details... ]

See also

• 'Hayter, Lorna, Biographical Entry', in Bright Sparcs, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, 2002, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/biogs/P002013b.htm. [ Details... ]
• Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, 'Where are the Women in Australian science?', 22 August 2003, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/wisa/wisa.html. [ Details... ]
• Draper, W J (ed.), Who's who in Australia 1980, 23 edn, The Herald and Weekly Times, Melbourne, 1908, 928 pp. [ Details... ]
• Howard, Ann, You'll be sorry!, Tarka, Sydney, 1990, 193 pp. [ Details... ]