- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE0557
Bage, Jessie Eleanor
- OBE, OStJ
- Occupation Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) worker, Welfare worker
Summary
In 1935 Jessie Bage became the first woman appointed to the Royal Melbourne Hospital Management committee. Educated at Melbourne Church of England Girls Grammar School Bage was a member of the school council. Jessie Bage House, which accommodates Year 12 students boarding at the school, is named in her honour. For her service with a number of social welfare associations Jessie Bage was appointed an Officer to the Order of the British Empire on 2 January 1956.
Events
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1928 - 1975
Council member of the Melbourne Church of England Girls’ Grammar School
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2056
Appointed Officer to the Order of the British Empire
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1935 - 1975
Member of the Committee of Management at the Royal Melbourne Hospital
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1916 - 1920
Served with the Military Voluntary Aid Detachment in English and French Hospitals during World War I
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1921 - 1934
Honorary secretary of the Royal Melbourne Hospital Auxiliary
Published resources
- Edited Book
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Resource
- Trove: Bage, Jessie Eleanor (1890-1980), http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-758097