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, OH 644/7 | ||
| Date of creation : | 2002 | ||
| Additional Creator : | Linn, Rob | ||
| Format : | Oral History | ||
| Contributor : | State Library catalogue | ||
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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 Macdougall, Anthony Australians at war: a pictorial history, Nobel Park, Vic.: Five Mile Press, 2002 Odgers, George Remembering Korea: Australians in the war of 1950-1953, Sydney: Lansdowne Publishing, 2000 O'Dowd, Ben In valiant company, St Lucia, Qld.: University of Queensland Press, 2000 Oppenheimer, Melanie. Australian women and war, Canberra : Dept. of Veterans' Affairs, 2008 Smith, Neil C. Home by Christmas: the Australian Army in Korea 1950-56: being a record of the Australian Army's involvement in the Korean War and listing those who served in Korea 1950-56, Gardenvale, Vic.: Mostly Unsung, 1990 |
| Internet links : | Anzac Day Commemoration Committee (Queensland) See: History: Korea Australians at War [Department of Veterans' Affairs]: See: The Great Search Stories: Korea BBC History - The Cold War - The Korean War overview Nominal Roll of Australian Veterans of the Korean War [Department of Veterans' Affairs: includes Nominal Roll and History] ABC: George Negus Tonight: History: Korean War [interviewing Sister Betty Lawrence and Dr. Donald Beard] |
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