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Chapple, Phoebe (1879 - 1967)
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Physician
Born: 31 March 1879  Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.  Died: 24 March 1967  Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Phoebe Chapple graduated from the University of Adelaide in 1904 and practised in Adelaide until she was 85. She distinguished herself during World War I and was awarded the Military Medal. Later she specialised in obstetrics and the veneral diseases of women. Chapple endowed a bursary for St Ann's College, University of Adelaide, which is administered in her name.
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Chronology
1898Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Adelaide
1904Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Bachelor of Surgery (BS) completed at the University of Adelaide
1905House Surgeon at the Adelaide Hospital
1906? - 1914Practised from her father's school at Prince Alfred College
1910 - c. 1940Honorary Doctor at Salvation Army Maternity Hospital for unmarried mothers
1914 - 1918Medical service for the British Army
1918Military Medal (MM) received
1919 - 1937Private practice in North Terrace, Adelaide
1921 - 1922Honorary Medical Officer at the Night Clinic (venereal diseases) for Women Patients at the Adelaide Hospital
1937 - 1964Private practice from her home at Norwood

 
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