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Butler, Edith Dorothy Kate (1908 - )

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Nurse

Born: 25 February 1908 Peterborough, South Australia, Australia

Edith Dorothy K. Butler trained as a nurse at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, where she was later staff sister. She was awarded the Royal Red Cross in 1945 in recognition of her work in the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) in the south-west Pacific area.

Career Highlights

Chronology
1928 - 1931 Nurse training at the Royal Adelaide Hospital
1932 - 1938 Staff Sister at the Royal Adelaide Hospital
1940 Left Australia on active service
1940 Matron at the Crippled Children's Home
1941 - 1942 Matron with the 2/11 Australian General Hospital in the Middle East
1942 Matron with the 2^nd and 3^rd Australian General Hospital in England
1942 - 1944? Matron with the 105 Australian General Hospital
1944? - 1946? Principal Matron with the South Australian Lines of Communication Area
1945 Royal Red Cross (RRC) received
1946? - 1949? Chief Nurse for the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration in the British Zone, Austria
1949 Acting Principal Matron of the 4^th Military District

Structure based on ISAAR(CPF) - click here for an explanation of the fields.

Prepared by: Ailie Smith
Created: 10 March 2003
Modified: 24 May 2006

Published by The University of Melbourne eScholarship Research Centre on ASAPWeb, 1994 - 2007
Originally published 1994-1999 by Australian Science Archives Project, 1999-2006 by the Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre
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