Bourne, Eleanor Elizabeth

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"In 1928 she applied for the position of the Commonwealth Director of Maternal Hygiene and Children's Welfare, Australia. When offered far less than the male equivalent salary, she queried this and when equivalence was not forthcoming she refused the position." Women at the Front, Sheard & Lee 2019

Book of Remembrance entry

M.B., Ch.M. : Lieutenant, R.A.M.C., and Medical Controller, W.A.A.C., England. Enlisting in London 1st May, 1916, after sailing privately, served at Endell St. Military Hospital till 31st December, 1917. Then transferring, was attached to Queen Mary''s Army Auxiliary Corps as Medical Controller, Northern Command, until the end of the War. Early education at Brisbane Grammar School.

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1878

Bourne E.E. : Life.Birth 4 Dec 1878
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Early education at Brisbane Grammar School, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
1903

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1903
1903

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1903
1903

Resident Medical Officer at Paddington -Royal Hospital for Women- NSW, Australia 1903
1904

Medical Practitioner at Brisbane General Hospital -Herston- QLD, Australia 1904
1908

Medical Practitioner at Wickham Terrace -- Brisbane, QLD, Australia 1908
1910

School Medical Inspector at Brisbane -- QLD, Australia 1910
1916

Military service as Lieutenant at London -Endell Street Military Hospital-, England 1916
1916

Enlisted 1 May 1916 at Westminster [ London England ]
1917

Military service as Major 1917
1918

Military service as Major at Red Cross Hospital -- England, United Kingdom 1918
1918

Military service as Major at RAMC Headquarters -- York, United Kingdom 1918
1920

Tertiary education at Royal College of Surgeons and the Royal College of Physicians, London, England 1920
1920

Medical Officer at Carlisle --, United Kingdom 1920
1921

Assistant Medical Officer at Carlisle --, United Kingdom 1921
1937

Returned to Australia 1937 at Manly [ NSW Australia ]
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Member of British Medical Association (BMA)
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Commemorated at Women's College, Bourne Wing at University of Queensland : St Lucia [ Brisbane, QLD Australia ]
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Elizabeth Bourne Roll Women's College [ pdf ]
1957

Bourne E.E. : Death 23 May 1957

Gender

Female

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Portrait of Eleanor Elizabeth Bourne [ jpeg ]

Students of Women's College, undated, Bourne 2nd from left [ jpg ]

Portrait of Eleanor Elizabeth Bourne [ jpg ]

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