Hartshorn, Alma Elizabeth (1913 - 2004)

Alma Hartshorn was a member of the Australian Student Christian Movement before she joined the Australian Women's Army Service on 14 December 1942. She attended the first officer's school and was later posted as Assistant Commandant Northern Command with the rank of Captain. Hartshorn was discharged on 1 March 1945.

Following the war, Hartshorn became a lecturer in Social Work at the University of Queensland. A member of the AWAS Association Qld, she became patron in 1995. For her academic and professional work, Alma Hartshorn was awarded an OAM (Member of the Order of Australia) on 26 January 1983, as well as a Fullbright Scholarship.

Related Corporate Bodies

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

  Service no: Q123934

  [1942 - 1945]

• AWAS Association of Queensland (1981 - )

  Patron

  [1995 - ]

Books

• Hartshorn, Alma E, Milestone in education for social work : the Carnegie experiment 1954-1958, Carnegie United Kingdom Trust, Dunfermline, Fife, 1982. [ Details... ]

Theses

• Hartshorn, Alma E, 'The presentation of old age in selected twentieth century Australian novels', MA thesis, 1993, 1931 pp. [ Details... ]

Online Resources

• Department of Veterans' Affairs, 'HARTSHORN, ALMA ELIZABETH', in World War 2 Nominal Roll, 2002, http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/script/veteran.asp?ServiceID=A&VeteranID=496163. [ Details... ]

See also

• Australian Council of Social Service. Social Aspects of Health Committee, National compensation and rehabilitation, Hartshorn, Alma E, ACOSS, Sydney, 1973. [ Details... ]
• Smith, Hazel M; Hartshorn, Alma E. and Graham, Verna E., Old people at home : an exploratory study of the aged population in the City of Brisbane, University of Queensland Press, St. Lucia, Qld, 1968. [ Details... ]