Lane, Ethel Marion (1918 - )

From the 1960s Ethel Lane devoted her time in helping service organisations. A member of the Australian Army Nursing Service during World War II, Lane was associated with the Returned & Services League as well as the War Widows' Guild of Australia.

Lane was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) on 11 June 1990 and appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire on 30 December 1978 for service to the community, in the field of veterans' welfare.

• Stalker, Ethel Marion (maiden name)

Events

1937 - 1941	Completed nursing training at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
1942	Staff nurse with the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
1942 - 1946	Served with the Australian Army Nursing Service
6 December 1946	Married Doctor Raymond Lane
1964 - 1978	Honorary secretary for the Returned Navy, Army and Air Force Sisters' Sub Branch of the Returned & Services League
1966 - 1975	Secretary of the New South Wales Memorial Club
1972 - 1974	Secretary of the New South Wales State Council of the Returned & Services League
1974	Member of the Board of Directors of the War Veterans' Home
1977	Deputy Chairman of the Board for the War Veterans' Home
1977 - 1982	New South Wales State President of the War Widows' Guild of Australia
1979	National Vice-President of the War Widows' Guild of Australia
1980	National Vice-President of the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps Association

Presideds

• War Widows' Guild of Australia NSW Limited (1946 - )

  [1977 - 1982]

Vice Presidents

• War Widows' Guild of Australia (1947 - )

  [1979 - ]

Related Corporate Bodies

• Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) (1903 - 1948)

  Service nos: NFX165741 (N446091, NX165741)

  [1942 - 1946]

Online Resources

• Department of Veterans' affairs, 'STALKER, ETHEL MARIAN', in World War 2 Nominal Roll, 2002, http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/script/veteran.asp?ServiceID=A&VeteranID=269159. [ Details... ]

See also

• Draper, W J (ed.), Who's who in Australia 1980, 23 edn, The Herald and Weekly Times, Melbourne, 1908, 928 pp. [ Details... ]