Alice Wheatley was awarded the ARRC in 1944 for her work in charge of the first nursing party of RAAF nurses in New Guinea. In 1951 Wheatley was appointed as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in recognition of her work in the RAAF Nursing Service.
Irish medical doctor
Ellen Kettle worked in medical services, particularly for Indigenous people in Australia’s Northern Territory and Papua New Guinea.
Qing dynasty scientist Wang Zhenyi accomplished much in her short life, excelling particularly in astronomy, mathematics and poetry.
English surgical nurse who had sole charge of a hospital in Walsall.
American philanthropist and war nurse
Malysian Eurasian nurse and midwife during WWII who assisted resistance to the Japanese occupation of Malaya.
Irish medical doctor
New Zealand doctor
Irish paediatrician and disability campaigner