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Ainsworth, Eve (1914 - )

Born
1914
Adelaide
Occupation
Nurse and Servicewoman

Summary

Eve Ainsworth was born in Adelaide, South Australia and was adopted in infancy by the couple whose name she was given. In 1941 she was called up for duty with the Australian Army Nursing Service and went to the Middle East later that year. On her return to Australia Eve nursed in Queensland, until her marriage in 1944.

Sources used to compile this entry: http://www.catalog.slsa.sa.gov.au:1083/search/dAinsworth%2C+Eve%2C+1914-/dainsworth+eve+1914/-5,-1,0,B/frameset&FF=dainsworth+eve+1914&1,1, accessed 2004-04-08.

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Archival resources

State Library of South Australia, Mortlock Library of South Australiana

  • Interview with Eve Ainsworth [sound recording] Interviewer: Joan Durdin, 5 February 1988, OH 17/16; Ainsworth, Eve (1914 - ); State Library of South Australia, Mortlock Library of South Australiana. Details

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Online Resources

Robin Secomb

Created: 8 April 2004

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