Baker, Edith Clarice (1899 - 1983)

Edith Baker undertook her nursing training at Memorial Hospital, Adelaide and then worked in South Africa and England before being appointed to the Royal Australian Air Force Nursing Service (RAAFNS) in 1941. Baker rose to the position of area matron before being discharged on 8 May 1944.

• McGlaughlin, Edith (married name, 29 April 1944 - )

Events

1921 - 1925	Training at the Memorial Hospital, Adelaide
1925 - 1941	Nursing experience in South Africa and England
Janurary 1941	Appointed to the Royal Australian Air Force Nursing Service (RAAFNS)
January 1942 -	Promoted to Senior Sister, RAAFNS
March 1943	Promoted to Matron, RAAFNS
November 1943	Promoted to Area Matron, RAAFNS
29 April 1944	Married Eric G McGlaughlin
8 May 1944	Discharged from the RAAFNS

Related Corporate Bodies

• Royal Australian Air Force Nursing Service (RAAFNS) (1940 - )

  Service no: 503049

  [1941 - 1944]

Online Resources

• Department of Veterans' Affairs, 'BAKER, EDITH CLARICE', in World War 2 Nominal Roll, 2002, http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/script/veteran.asp?ServiceID=R&VeteranID=1068876. [ Details... ]

See also

• Alexander, Joseph A (ed.), Who's who in Australia 1950, 14th edn, The Herald, Melbourne, 1950, 816 pp. [ 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... ]
• Chisholm, Alec H (ed.), Who's Who in Australia, 1947, The Herald and Weekly Times, Melbourne, 1947, 926 pp. [ Details... ]
• Halstead, Gay., Story of the RAAF nursing service : 1940-1990, Nungurner Press, Metung, Vic., 1994, 440 pp. [ Details... ]