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Fawkes, Barbara Noel (1915 - 2002)OBE |
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| Nurse and Educator | ||
| Born: 25 December 1915 England. Died: 4 October 2002 Tunbridge Wells, England. | ||
| Barbara Fawkes trained as a nurse and midwife at the Middlesex Hospital School of Nursing, England, 1934-1938. She continued her nursing career into the post-World War II era. In 1942 Fawkes gained a Bachelor of Science degree from Columbia University, USA, and followed this with a year spent touring nursing schools in Canada, New Zealand and Australia. In the mid-1970s Fawkes moved to Melbourne and continued to provide assistance for nurses and nursing organisations. Fawkes was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE). |
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