- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: IMP0152
Fall, Constance Amy
- OBE, RRC, FCN
- Born 13 October, 1903, Birmingham England
- Died 15 September, 1992, Narrabeen New South Wales Australia
- Occupation Nurse
Summary
Constance Fall’s distinguished war service in the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps was acknowledged with a Mention in Dispatches on 1 April 1941 and the award of the Royal Red Cross medal on 16 April 1942, when she was serving with the 1st Australian General Hospital in the Middle East. Born in England of Australian parents, and educated there, Constance Fall completed her nursing training in Launceston, Tasmania. After her war service she assumed the position of matron-in-charge of the King George V Hospital in Sydney, New South Wales from 1948-1960 and from 1961 became matron of the New South Wales Masonic Homes in Glenfield. She was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1976 for services to the Red Cross Society.
Archival resources
- Australian War Memorial, Research Centre
- National Archives of Australia, National Office, Canberra
- National Library of Australia
Published resources
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Resource Section
- FALL, CONSTANCE AMY, Department of Veterans' Affairs, 2002, http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/script/veteran.asp?ServiceID=A&VeteranID=120133
- Honours and Awards ( Gazetted ) Database, Australian War Memorial, 2002, http://www.awm.gov.au/database/h_award.asp
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Resource
- Where are the Women in Australian science?, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, 2003, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/wisa/wisa.html
- Trove: Fall, Constance Amy (1903-), http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-756055
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Site Exhibition
- Faith, Hope and Charity Australian Women and Imperial Honours: 1901-1989, Australian Women's Archives Project, 2003, http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/honours/honours.html