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Lane, Ethel Marion (1918 - )

AM, MBE

Born
5 July 1918
Ulverston, England
Occupation
Nurse, Servicewoman and Community worker
Alternative Names
  • Stalker, Ethel Marion (maiden name)

Summary

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.

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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

Sources used to compile this entry: Draper, W J (ed.), Who's who in Australia 1980, 23 edn, The Herald and Weekly Times, Melbourne, 1908, 928 pp.

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Archival resources

National Archives of Australia, National Office

  • STALKER ETHEL MARIAN, 1939 - 1948, 2002/04608387; National Archives of Australia, National Office. Details

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See also

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

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Anne Heywood

Created: 1 April 2003, Last modified: 12 June 2009

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