Interview with Betty Lawrence |
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| Title : | Interview with Betty Lawrence |
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| Creator : | Lawrence, Betty | ||
| Source : | South Australians at War Oral History Project | ||
| Date of creation : | 2002 | ||
| Additional Creator : | Linn, Rob | ||
| Format : | Oral History | ||
| Contributor : | State Library of South Australia | ||
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| Copyright : | This item is reproduced courtesy of Betty Lawrence. It may be printed or saved for research or study. Use for any other purpose requires written permission from Betty Lawrence and the State Library of South Australia. To request approval, complete the Permission to publish form. |
| Description : |
Betty Irene Lawrence, nee Crocker, was born at Waikerie, South Australia. In 1941, aged 16, Betty began her nurse training in Broken Hill, New South Wales. Following an appointment as Sister in Charge at the Northfield Infectious Diseases Hospital in Adelaide, Betty joined the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps, and in 1951 she was the first South Australian nurse to enlist for the Korean War. Betty speaks of her childhood; her experiences in Japan and Korea as a member of the RAANC contributing to the United Nations operations; community attitudes to the contributions of Australian service personnel to the Korean conflict; and of her life with her husband, Bill, and their contribution to the community of Red Cliffs, Victoria. |
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| Related names : | Lawrence, Betty Australia. Army. Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps |
| Period : | 1946-1979 |
| Further reading : | Bassett, Jan. Guns and brooches: Australian Army nursing from the Boer War to the Gulf War. Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1992 Cochrane, Peter. Australians at war. Sydney: ABC Books for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 2001 Evans, Ben. Out in the cold: Australia's involvement in the Korean War 1950-53. Canberra, A.C.T.: Australian War Memorial and Dept. of Veterans' Affairs, 2000 McCormack, Gavan. Cold war, hot war: an Australian perspective on the Korean war. Sydney: Hale & Iremonger, 1983 |
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