- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE0475
Lane, Ethel Marion
- AM, MBE
- Maiden name Stalker, Ethel Marion
- Born 1918, Ulverston England
- Died 2007, New South Wales Australia
- Occupation Community worker, Nurse, Servicewoman
Summary
From the 1960s Ethel Lane devoted her time to helping service organisations. A member of the Australian Army Nursing Service during World War II, Lane was associated with the Returned & Services League as well as the War Widows’ Guild of Australia.
Lane was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) on 11 June 1990 and appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire on 30 December 1978 for service to the community, in the field of veterans’ welfare.
Events
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1942 - 1946
Served with the Australian Army Nursing Service
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1964 - 1978
Honorary secretary for the Returned Navy, Army and Air Force Sisters’ Sub Branch of the Returned & Services League
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1966 - 1975
Secretary of the New South Wales Memorial Club
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1972 - 1974
Secretary of the New South Wales State Council of the Returned & Services League
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1974
Member of the Board of Directors of the War Veterans’ Home
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1977
Deputy Chairman of the Board for the War Veterans’ Home
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2046
Married Doctor Raymond Lane
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1979
National Vice-President of the War Widows’ Guild of Australia
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1980
National Vice-President of the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps Association
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1977 - 1982
New South Wales State President of the War Widows’ Guild of Australia
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1937 - 1941
Completed nursing training at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
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1942
Staff nurse with the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
Archival resources
Digital resources
Published resources
- Edited Book
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Resource Section
- STALKER, ETHEL MARIAN, Department of Veterans' affairs, 2002, http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/script/veteran.asp?ServiceID=A&VeteranID=269159
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Resource
- Trove: Lane, Ethel Marion (1918-), http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-762086