Chapple, Phoebe
Person: id 44629
University connections
UAdelaide
Event flag
World War I
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Family name
Chapple
Given name(s)
Phoebe
Initials
P.
Honorific
Dr.
Gender
Female
Early education
Tertiary education
Start date
1895
Combined start dates
19241895
Military service
Military awards
Survived
Survived WWI
Occupations
Chapple P. : School Doctor 1905 - 1914 Prince Alfred College @ Prince Alfred College : Adelaide [ SA Australia ]Chapple P. : House Surgeon 1905 - Adelaide Hospital @ South Australia --
SA,
AustraliaChapple P. : Obstetrician 1910 - 1940 Salvation Army Maternity Hospital @ South Australia --
SA,
AustraliaChapple P. : Honorary Medical Superintendent 1914 - 1929 McBride's Maternity Hospital @ South Australia --
SA,
AustraliaChapple P. : Medical Practitioner 1919 - 1937 @ North Terrace, Adelaide [ SA Australia ]Chapple P. : Honorary Medical Officer 1921 - 1922 Adelaide Hospital @ Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide [ SA Australia ]
Professional Association Memberships
Other events
Chapple P. : Specific terms.Stood unsuccessfully for Adelaide municipal elections 1919 - @ South Australia --
SA,
AustraliaChapple P. : Military and health.Returned to Australia 1919Chapple P. : Specific terms.Australian delegate Medical Women's International Association conference 1937 - @ Edinburgh [ Scotland ]Chapple P. : Military and health.Commemorated - @ St Anne's College : University of Adelaide [ SA Australia ]
OCRd book entry or other narrative
Not listed in the Book of Remembrance. Dr Chapple, a feminist, was one of a handful of Australian medical women who served in World War I. The army refused to appoint female doctors, so she left Adelaide in February 1917 for England and became attached first to the Royal Army Medical Corps and later to Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps, although women were not accorded formal military status. Her first appointment was as surgeon at Cambridge Hospital, Aldershot. In November she went to France where she worked with the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps at Abbeville till August 1918 and also at Rouen and Le Havre. On the night of 29 May 1918 she was inspecting the women's camps when, because of intense bombing, she and forty women sheltered in trenches. A direct hit killed nine and injured several others. For 'gallantry and devotion to duty' on this occasion, Dr Chapple received the rare award for a woman of the Military Medal. From ADB entry
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Religion
Methodist
Parental occupation
Teacher
Visible notes
Honorary rank of Captain in Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps. Rank of Major in Rouen and Le Havre. Cremated with full Military Honours at Centennial Park Cemetary at the S.A. Garden of Remembrance.
ADB Entry ID
5560
Australian War Memorial
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