Rawson, Marianne

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Nurse
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http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-753050

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Marianne Rawson gained distinction as a Victorian nursing sister who served in the Boer War and was one of the three Australian nurses to be awarded the Royal Red Cross medal for service in that conflict. She was the lady superintendent of the ten Victorian nurses who sailed for South Africa with the Third (Bushmen's) Contingent on the Euryalus on 10 March 1900. They went to Rhodesia and served at Salisbury, Fort Charter, Bulawayo, Hillside, Mafeking, Springfontein and Tuli. She was awarded the Royal Red Cross medal on 26 June 1902 for her outstanding work and courage in the care of patients and was Mentioned in Dispatches on 29 July 1902. The Governor of Western Australia presented her with her RRC medal in Kalgoorlie in 1903.

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Australian Women's Register

  1. Faith, Hope and Charity Australian Women and Imperial Honours: 1901-1989
    Australian Women's Archives Project
    [2003]
    Published: Australian Women's Archives Project
    Series: http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/honours/honours.html
  2. Australian nurses in the Boer WarDefending Victoria Ian MacFarlane : Australian nurses in the Boer War
    Chamberlain, Max
    [2002]
    Series: http://users.netconnect.com.au/~ianmac/readroom.htm#nursing
  3. Our War Nurses: The History of the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps 1902-1988
    Goodman, R.D.
    [1988]
    Published: Boolarong Publications
  4. Victorian nurses in the Boer WarDefending Victoria Australia Ian MacFarlane : Victorian nurses in the Boer War
    MacFarlane, Ian
    [2002]
    Series: http://users.netconnect.com.au/~ianmac/nurses.html
  5. Guns and brooches : Australian Army Nursing from the Boer War to the Gulf War
    Bassett, Jan
    [1992]
    Published: Oxford University Press

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  1. IN MEMORY
    The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956) Friday 31 August 1934 p 11 Article
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