Dictionary of Sydney

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McMillan, Elizabeth

Nurse who saw service in the Middle East and Western Fronts before training in London in Dr Truby King's Plunket Mothercraft method. She became the first director of the Karitane organisation in Sydney responsible for nurse training and mother care.

Milestone
Born
Burwood
21 Jan 1882
Died
Woollahra
09 Feb 1943
Occupation
Position
1921 - 1923
1923 - 1936
1930