The Australian Women's Register

Summary

Dr Winifred Wall spent her childhood in Broken Hill and Georgetown in the mid north of South Australia. After attending bush schools she went to Gladstone and Adelaide High Schools. Wall won a scholarship to study medicine at Adelaide University (1918-1922). She then worked at the Royal Adelaide Hospital where her duties included treating returned servicemen from World War I. She married Dr Fred Wall, they had four children, and she established a private practice. During World War II she returned to the Royal Adelaide Hospital where she specialised in anesthesia. Foundation president of the Family Planning Association (South Australia), Wall was awarded Life membership of the Royal District Nursing Society, the Australian Medical Association and the British Medical Association. On 26 January 1979 Dr Wall was appointed a member of the Order of Australia for service to the community, particularly in the field of women’s affairs.

Events

• 1925 - 1955

  Medical practitioner in general practice

• 1942 - 1958

  Honorary anaesthetist at the Royal Adelaide Hospital

• 1955 - 1972

  Specialist anaesthetist

• 1970 - 1973

  President of the Family Planning Association (SA)

• 1968 - 1970

  President of the South Australian Medical Women’s Society

• 1965 - 1967

  President of the Graduates Union at the University of Adelaide

• 1961 - 1963

  President of the Women Graduates Association at the University of Adelaide (later AFUW SA)

• 1923

  Member of the Australian Medical Association (awarded Life membership)

  Life Member
• 1992

  Fellow of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists

• 1923

  Member of the British Medical Association (awarded Life membership)

• 1934

  Foundation member of the Australian Society of Anaesthetists (SA)

• 1955

  Fellow of the Faculty of Anaesthetists with the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons

• 1979

  Appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for service to the community, particularly in the field of Women’s Affairs

• 1967

  Initiated the establishment of the University of Adelaide Graduates Fund