Bourne, Eleanor Elizabeth

 Person: id 2486
University connections
USyd
Event flag
World War I
Family name
Bourne
Given name(s)
Eleanor Elizabeth
Initials
E.E.
Gender
Female
Combined start dates
1897
Survived
Survived WWI
OCRd book entry or other narrative
M.B., Ch.M. : Lieutenant, R.A.M.C., and Medical Controller, W.A.A.C., England. Enlisting in London 1st May, 1916, after sailing privately, served at Endell St. Military Hospital till 31st December, 1917. Then transferring, was attached to Queen Mary''s Army Auxiliary Corps as Medical Controller, Northern Command, until the end of the War. Early education at Brisbane Grammar School.
USyd residential college
The Women's College, University of Sydney
Documents / photographs NOT TO BE PUBLISHED
Parental occupation
Clerk
Visible notes
"In 1928 she applied for the position of the Commonwealth Director of Maternal Hygiene and Children's Welfare, Australia. When offered far less than the male equivalent salary, she queried this and when equivalence was not forthcoming she refused the position." Women at the Front, Sheard & Lee 2019
ADB Entry ID
5305
Basic Information needed
No
Flag BoR OCR text
Yes
BOR Archives File
Yes
 
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