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Baker, Edith Clarice (1899 - 1983)

Born
13 July 1899
Port Wakefield, South Australia, Australia
Died
1983
Occupation
Nurse and Matron
Alternative Names
  • McGlaughlin, Edith (married name, 29 April 1944 - )

Summary

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.

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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

Sources used to compile this entry: Alexander, Joseph A (ed.), Who's who in Australia 1950, 14th edn, The Herald, Melbourne, 1950, 816 pp; Chisholm, Alec H (ed.), Who's Who in Australia, 1947, The Herald and Weekly Times, Melbourne, 1947, 926 pp.

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See also

  • Alexander, Joseph A (ed.), Who's who in Australia 1950, 14th edn, The Herald, Melbourne, 1950, 816 pp. 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

Anne Heywood

Created: 1 October 2003, Last modified: 29 April 2009

Comments

Edith Clarice Baker was my aunt (Aunty Clarice) - the eldest sister of my mother Joyce, who died on 19.11.2011 aged 98. She had another sister, Gwen. Aunty Clarice was born in Port Wakefield, Sth Australia

jan hilditch - 10 March 2011, 10:09 PM EST

Many thanks for the information

AWAP Administrator - 23 March 2011, 12:03 PM EST

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