Constance Fall's distinguished war service in the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps was acknowledged with a Mention in Dispatches on 1 April 1941 and the award of the Royal Red Cross medal on 16 April 1942, when she was serving with the 1st Australian General Hospital in the Middle East. Born in England of Australian parents, and educated there, Constance Fall completed her nursing training in Launceston, Tasmania. After her war service she assumed the position of matron-in-charge of the King George V Hospital in Sydney, New South Wales from 1948-1960 and from 1961 became matron of the New South Wales Masonic Homes in Glenfield. She was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1976 for services to the Red Cross Society.
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Constance Fall trained as a nurse at the Launceston Public Hospital, Tasmania, graduating in 1924. During the Second World War she was Lieutenant-Colonel in charge of the Australian Army Nursing Service in the Tasmania Line of Communication Area and matron-in-charge of the 1st Australian General Hospital, Australian Imperial Forces. Fall was mentioned in dispatches in 1941. Other positions held by Fall included Matron at the Quirindi District Hospital, New South Wales and Principal Matron at Eastern Command, New South Wales.
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1942
Award - Royal Red Cross (RRC) received
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1976
Award - Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
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