- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE0572
Lang, Margaret Irene
- OBE
- Born 1893, Oxley Victoria Australia
- Died 1983, Canterbury Victoria Australia
- Occupation Matron, Nurse
Summary
Margaret Lang was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire on 8 June 1950 for service with the Royal Australian Air Force Nursing Service. Lang was the founder and Matron-in-Chief of the Service during World War II. She had completed her training at Wangaratta District Hospital and the Women’s Hospital (later Royal), Melbourne. During World War I Lang served in Salonika with the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS). Other positions she held included being a Matron of a number of Victorian country hospitals, the Police Hospital and the Talbot Epileptics Colony in Clayton, Victoria.
Archival resources
Digital resources
- Title: Matrol Margaret Lang, OBE
- Type: Image
- Date: 3 May, 2023
Published resources
- Edited Book
- Book Section
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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: Lang, Margaret Irene (18930523-19830214), http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-763065
- Book