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Burchill, Dora Elizabeth (Elizabeth) (1904 - 2003)

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Nurse, Historian and Author
Born: 4 January 1904  Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia.  Died: 3 December 2003  Croydon, Victoria, Australia.
Dora Elizabeth (Elizabeth) Burchill worked as a nurse in many diverse locations, including England, Canada, the USA, New Guinea and Thursday Island. She has written several books about her nursing experience, including Thursday Island Nurse and The Paths I've Trod.
Career Highlights

Chronology
1930 - 1932Australian Inland Mission in Innamincka, South Australia
1937Member of Ambulance Unit from London at the Spanish Civil War
1938Grenfell Mission in Labrador, Canada
1940 - 1946Served in the Middle East and Australia with the Australian Army Nursing Service, Australian Imperial Force (AIF)
1946Writer and broadcaster at 3SR in Shepparton, Victoria
1952 - 1956Nursing work in Darwin
1958 - 1960Nursing work in Thursday Island
1961 - 1963Nursing work in New Guinea
1965 - 1967Nursing work in England
1969 - 1971Nursing work in the USA
1970Nursing work in Canada
1998Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) received

 
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Published by The University of Melbourne eScholarship Research Centre on ASAPWeb, 1994 - 2007
Originally published 1994-1999 by Australian Science Archives Project, 1999-2006 by the Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre
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