• Entry type: Person
  • Entry ID: AWE0882

Gibbs, Vera Eva

(1905 – 1997)
  • Born 25 March, 1905, Glanville, Port Adelaide South Australia Australia
  • Died 29 March, 1997
  • Occupation Community worker, Nurse

Summary

Vera Gibbs was born at Port Adelaide, South Australia. In 1946 she was nominated by the Australian Nursing Federation for an appointment with the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, which took her to Germany and Poland in the immediate post-war period. Gibbs was Matron at the Darwin hospital and held a senior post at the Royal Adelaide Hospital. On her retirement she began private palliative care nursing.

Published resources

Archival resources

  • State Library of South Australia
    • Interview with Vera Gibbs [sound recording] Interviewer: Joan Durdin