- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE0575
Baker, Edith Clarice
- Married name McGlaughlin, Edith
- Born 1899, Port Wakefield, South Australia, Australia
- Died 1983
- Occupation Matron, Nurse
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.
Events
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1921 - 1925
Training at the Memorial Hospital, Adelaide
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1925 - 1941
Nursing experience in South Africa and England
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1941
Appointed to the Royal Australian Air Force Nursing Service (RAAFNS)
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1942
Promoted to Senior Sister, RAAFNS
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1943
Promoted to Matron, RAAFNS
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1943
Promoted to Area Matron, RAAFNS
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1944
Married Eric G McGlaughlin
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1944
Discharged from the RAAFNS
Published resources
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Resource Section
- BAKER, EDITH CLARICE, Department of Veterans' Affairs, 2002, http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/script/veteran.asp?ServiceID=R&VeteranID=1068876
- Edited Book
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Resource
- Where are the Women in Australian science?, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, 2003, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/wisa/wisa.html
- Trove: Baker, Edith Clarice (1899-1983), http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-759070
- Book