| 1925 |
 Commenced as trainee at Maldon Hospital |
| 1929 |
Graduated as Sister at Melbourne Hospital, now the Royal Melbourne
Hospital
Later qualified in Obstetrics, Dietetics, as acted Theatre sister, and
spent time at the Queen Victoria Hospital to gain a Midwifery
Certificate |
| 1932 |
 Appointed as Tutor Sister at Royal Melbourne Hospital |
| 1935 |
Appointed to Perth Hospital to establish a tutor system |
| 1939 |
Returned to administrative duties at Royal Melbourne Hospital |
| 1940 |
Joined Royal Australian Army Nursing Service and sailed to England
on the Queen Mary, with Australian Troops of the 6th Division |
| 1943 |
Took over as Matron of the 2/2nd Australian General Hospital at
Kantara, later returning to Australia as Deputy Matron Landforce,
Headquarters Staff
Awarded the Bronze Medal (USA) |
| 1945 |
Appointed Principal Matron at Moratai until the cessation of
hostilities, when she returned to the Heidelberg Military Hospital as
Matron, ranked as Lieutenant Colonel |
| 1948 |
Sailed on a ship returning prisoners of war to Germany, and from
there ot London where she was demobilised.
She spent the next two years with the International Relief Organisation
in Austria |
| 1950 |
Returned to Australia as Matron of Austin Hospital |
| 1951 |
 Rejoined the army as Deputy Matron in Chief to reorganise the
Nursing Service into a Corps as an integral part of the newly developed
Australian Regular Army |
| 1952 |
Appointed Matron in Chief and director of the Royal Australian Army
Nursing Corps |
| 1953 |
Awarded the Florence Nightingale Medal |
| 1955 |
Granted and Honorary Fellowship by the College of Nursing, Australia |
| 1957 |
The first Australian nurse to be appointed Honorary Nursing Sister
to the Queen |
| 1960 |
Awarded the O.B.E.
Delivered the 8th Annual Oration for the New South Wales College of
Nursing under the title of "The Story of Nursing in Australia since
Foundation Day" |
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Posterity will have reason to be grateful that she placed these
historical facts on record. |
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Thank you to Leslie Bowe for her assistance in producing this
material. |