• Entry type: Person
  • Entry ID: AWE0758

Kirwan, Joan Dorothy

  • RRC, QHNS, FRCNA
(1924 – 2003)
  • Born 29 October 1924, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
  • Died 11 November 2003
  • Occupation Matron, Nurse, Servicewoman

Events

  • 2054

    Joined the Royal Australian Air Force Nursing Service
  • 1975 - 1979

    Matron-in-chief of the Royal Australian Air Force Nursing Service
  • 2057

    Awarded the Royal Red Cross for her services to air force nursing

Published resources

  • Newspaper Article
    • RAAF nurse who flew to the top of her profession, Hudson, Susan, 2003
  • Book
    • Story of the RAAF nursing service : 1940-1990, Halstead, Gay., 1994
  • Resource

Related entries


  • Related Organisations
    • Australian Women's Land Army (AWLA) (1942 - 1945)
  • Director
    • Royal Australian Air Force Nursing Service (RAAFNS) (1940 - )

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