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Special Achievements

  • 1948 - First woman commercial pilot in Western Australia.   Awarded the Coronation Medal for representing the women's flying branch of the R.A.F.
  • First female pilot to fly for the Australian Aerial Medical Service, now the Royal Flying Doctor Service.

Additional Information

  • 1944 - Joined the Women’s Royal Australian Air Force and spent two years as an aircraft electrician.
  • Joined Goldfields Airways in Kalgoorlie (which later became Royal Flying Doctors Service).

Resources

Link - Our pioneer of the air, Anne Lewis, a secret ‘high flyer’

The Mercury

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Link - First woman to fly for the Australian aerial medical service

The Mercury

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Document - Commercial B License for Girl Pilot

National Library of Australia

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