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Australian Women
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Flett, Penelope (Penny) RuthMB BS, DGM, FRACMA, AFCHSE, FAIM |
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Dr Penny Flett, who settled in Australia in 1965, was awarded the Centenary Medal in 2003 for service to the aged and disabled community through the Brightwater Care Group. Prior to becoming the Chief Executive Officer of the Brightwater Care Group on 23 July 1986 Flett worked in a variety of positions including four years with the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). In 1974 she became the first woman in peacetime to hold a male rank and the first woman doctor to serve in the RAAF. Penny Flett was named Telstra Australian Business Woman of the Year in 1998. |
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| Sources used to compile this entry: http://www.brightwater.asn.au/pdf/AnnualReport2002%20.pdf accessed 2003-09-24, http://www.fia.org.au/FiaWeb/pages/Western%20Australia/FIA%20RegForm%202003.pdf accessed 2003-09-24, http://www.pioneerwomen.com.au/quiltsigs.htm#f accessed 2003-09-24 and Who's Who of Australia, 2002, p. 681. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Published by National Foundation for Australian Women on Australian Women's Archives Project Web Site Comments, questions, corrections and additions: awap@womenaustralia.info Prepared by: Acknowledgements Updated: 14 November 2008 http://womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE0563b.htm |