Additional Information
Special Achievements
- May 1916 - Awarded Royal Red Cross, 1st class.
- 1919 - Appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE).
- August 1925 - Matron-in-Chief of Army Nursing Reserve.
- 1929 - Awarded Florence Nightingale medal.
Additional Information
- 1916 - Mentioned in WW1 dispatches three times.
- 1918 - Mentioned in dispatches, Abbeville, France.
- 1933 - Improved nursing standards by forming a training school in Melbourne, Victoria.
- 1937 - Led Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) coronation contingent in London.
Resources
Link - Grace Margaret (Wilson) Campbell CBE RRC (1879 - 1957)
WikiTree
References
- McCarthy, Janice. Australian Dictionary of Biography. “Wilson, Grace Margaret (1879 - 1957)”. accessed 1 December 2019.
- McCarthy, Janice. “Wilson, Grace Margaret (1879–1957)”. The Australian Women's Register. accessed 29 December 2008.
- Wikipedia. “Grace Wilson”. accessed 1 December 2019.
- Through These Lines. “Grace Wilson”. accessed 11 November 2014.
- Explorers Tree. “Penrith Workshops & WW1 Matron Grace Wilson”. accessed 11 December 2014
Image - Grace Wilson in May 1916
Description: Portrait of Matron Grace Wilson RRC in her office at Abbassia in Egypt. Date: May 1916 Source : This image is available from the Collection Database of the Australian War Memorial under the ID Number: C1280421. Author: Albert W. Savage Permission: The copyright status of this image in the AWM database is "Copyright expired - public domain".
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Image - Grace Wilson on Lemnos
Description: Grace Wilson, the principal matron of the 3rd Australian General Hospital, on Lemnos island during the Gallipoli Campaign. Date: May 1915 Source: This image is available from the Collection Database of the Australian War Memorial under the ID Number: A05332. Author: Not stated
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