Larke, Elizabeth Robson

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Elizabeth Robson Larke was the first woman member to be appointed to the Red Cross Field Service. She served in the Middle East and New Guinea before being appointed to the Red Cross National Headquarters in 1944.

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Chronology
1940 - 1943 Served in the Middle East with the Red Cross Field Service and the 1^st and 6^th Australian General Hospitals
1943 - 1944 Served in New Guinea as Commandant of the Field Force at the 2/5 Australian General Hospital in Port Moresby
1944 Red Cross National Headquarters

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

Prepared by: Ailie Smith
Created: 11 March 2003
Modified: 6 December 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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