• Entry type: Person
  • Entry ID: AWE0893

Woods, Dora

  • Maiden name Birks, Dora
(1887 – 1987)
  • Born 1887, Adelaide South Australia Australia
  • Died 1987, South Australia Australia
  • Occupation Nurse, Servicewoman

Summary

Dora Woods, née Birks, was born in Adelaide and began training at the Adelaide Children’s Hospital in 1909. In 1916 she was called up for nursing duties with the Australian Army Nursing Service. This interview deals with her army nursing experience, mostly in France, and with the period following the end of the war, in London. Dora returned to Australia in 1919.

Archival resources

  • State Library of South Australia
    • Interview with Dora Woods [sound recording] Interviewer: Joan Durdin
    • Interview with Dora Woods [sound recording] Interviewer: Beth M. Robertson
    • Radio program about First World War nurses [sound recording] Presenter: Michelle Rayner

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