Fall, Constance Amy (1903-)

Also known as
Fall, Constance Amy (1903-1998)
Field of activity
Nurse
NLA Persistent Identifier
http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-756055

Biographies

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.

  • 1942 Award - Royal Red Cross (RRC) received
  • 1976 Award - Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

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Resources for Constance Amy Fall

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Australian Women's Register

  1. Honours and Awards ( Gazetted ) DatabaseFall, Constance Amy Australian War Memorial : Honours and Awards ( Gazetted ) Database
    Australian War Memorial
    [2002]
    Series: http://www.awm.gov.au/database/h_award.asp
  2. FALL, CONSTANCE AMYWorld War 2 Nominal Roll Department of Veterans' Affairs : FALL, CONSTANCE AMY
    Department of Veterans' Affairs
    [2002]
    Series: http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/script/veteran.asp?ServiceID=A&VeteranID=120133
  3. Biographical cuttings (available reading room NLA)
  4. 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
  5. Where are the Women in Australian science?
    Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre
    [2003]
    Published: Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre
    Series: http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/wisa/wisa.html
  6. National Archives of Australia, National Office: Fall, Constance Amy (1939 - 1948)
    FALL CONSTANCE AMY : Service Number - NX262 : Date of birth - 13 Oct 1903 : Place of birth - BIRMINGHAM ENGLAND : Place of enlistment - SYDNEY NSW : Next of Kin - FALL LOUIS
    2002/04608363
  7. National Library of Australia Newspaper Microcopy Reading Room: Biographical cuttings on Lieutenant Constance Amy Fall, former Principal Matron Australian General Hospital, Middle East, 1942 (1942)
  8. Australian War Memorial Research Centre: Periodical Awards (1942)
    Periodical Awarads to Maj-Gen S R Burston and Others - April 1942 [Lt E C V Adams; Maj H T Allan; Sgt R W Anderson; Brig L E Beavis; Lt H R Beer; Lt-Col L G Binns; Capt T R Blamey; Brig A J Boase; Lt-Col A Brown; Lt E R Bucknell; Lt J R Burrell; Maj-Gen S R Burston; Sgt J W Christsen; Cpl C R Dodd; Matron Constance A Fall; Capt M Feitel; Lst-Col M A Fergusson; Cpl D L Fraser; Capt S J M Goulston; Capt A Fryberg; Maj J F Herbertson; S/Sgt J T A Hollands; L/Sgt J G Hunt; Col R G H Irving; Sgt G H Jones; Sgt E J Kerr; Lt-Col W Kirkhope; WOI R A Lawson; Lt-Col C W B Littlejohn; T/Capt L C MacLarn; L/Cpl R Muirhead; Capt D O Muller; Sgt E J Richards; Chaplain C L Riley; A/Sgt L Rodda; Matron Annie M Sage; Maj J O Smith; Lt-Col K W Starr; Col J Steigrad; Capt A L F Taylor; Lt-Col T V Taylor; Lt-Col D N Veron; Lt-Col J A Watson; Maj W W Wearne; Lt-Col A S Wilson; Lt J H Wilton; Lt-Col W J V Windeyer; Maj I J Wood; Lt R A Yates; Sgt K W Young]
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