Jean_Evelyn_Headberry

Jean Headberry

Jean Headberry

Australian nurse (1911–1993)

Jean Evelyn Headberry (15 October 1911 – 1993) was an Australian registered nurse and midwife who was awarded the Florence Nightingale Medal in 1961.[1][2]

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Headberry served as a nursing sister with the Australian Army Nursing Service in the Second World War,[3][4] and was awarded a Centaur Memorial Scholarship in 1946 to study in England.[5]

Headberry later became the Dean of Royal Melbourne and Associated Hospital's School of Nursing.[1][6]

References

  1. [1]
    "The Age". Google News Archive Search. 20 July 1961. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
  2. [2]
    "International Review of the Red Cross, May 1962, Second year – No. 14" (PDF). Loc.gov. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
  3. [3]
    "AUSTRALIAN NURSES ABOUT TO EMBARK (EMBARKATION "G" ) FOR OVERSEAS SERVICE. MATRON IN CHIEF GRACE WILSON CBE RRC (LOWER LEFT) FAREWELLED THE NURSING CONTINGENT. STANDING ABOVE HER (FROM THE TOP OF ..." Australian War Memorial. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
  4. [4]
    McCullagh, C. (2010). Willingly Into the Fray: One Hundred Years of Australian Army Nursing. Australian Army history collection. Big Sky Publishing Pty, Limited. p. 89. ISBN 978-0-9806582-6-2. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
  5. [5]
    "CENTAUR SCHOLARSHIP AWARD". The Age. No. 28, 417. Victoria, Australia. 23 May 1946. p. 6. Retrieved 8 April 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. [6]
    Wilkinson, J. (2000). "You Would Not be Suitable as a Nurse, Dear": Jean Evelyn Headberry, FNM 1911–1993 : a Biography. Melbourne School of Nursing Past Trainees Association. ISBN 978-0-9589683-1-7. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
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