Una Boyce was awarded a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) on 10 June 1991 and appointed an Officer of the British Empire (OBE) twenty years earlier, on 1 January 1971, for services to War Widows. She was state secretary of the War Widows' Guild of Australia (New South Wales) from 1961 until 1989, becoming a life member of the War Widows' Guild in 2000.
The daughter of Charles and Kate E. D (née Swan) Robertson, Boyce was educated at Abbotsleigh School for Girls, Wahroonga, and completed her education at the University of London. On 26 April 1940 she married war veteran Norman Boyce and the pair had three children. Boyce joined the War Widows' Guild of Australia (New South Wales) in 1946 after her husband's death.
Una Boyce enjoyed reading, travel, gardening and music and was a member of the Royal Automobile Association of Australia and Victory Services, London.
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1929
Commenced nursing training at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
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1934
Graduated as a gold medal nurse
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1935
Registered Midwife, Queen Charlotte's Maternity Hospital, London
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1936
Diploma, University of London
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1936 - 1938
Sister-Tutor, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
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1956 - 1973
Chairwoman of the Outward Bound girls' division
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1957
Foundation Fellow, NSW College of Nursing
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1961 - 1989
State Secretary, War Widows' Guild of Australia NSW
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1969
Committee Member, Outward Bound Memorial Foundation
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1 January 1971
Appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire for her service to war widows
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1973 - 1989
Board member of Outward Bound Foundation
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1983
Foundation member, Women's Standing Committee World Veterans Federation
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10 June 1991
Awarded Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for her service to war widows
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2000
Made a Life Member of the War Widows' Guild of Australia (NSW) Limited
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Una Boyce trained and worked as a nurse and midwife during the 1930s. In 1961 she became state secretary of the War Widows Guild of Australia, New South Wales, a position she held for almost thirty years. Boyce was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire, 1 January 1971, and Member of the Order of Australia, 10 June 1991, for her service to war widows.
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1934
Career position - General Trained Nurse
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1935
Career position - Registered Midwife at Queen Charlotte's Maternity Hospital in London, UK
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1936
Career position - Diploma at the University of London, UK
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1936 - 1938
Career position - Sister Tutor at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
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1961 - 1989
Career position - State Secretary of the War Widows Guild of Australia, New South Wales
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1970
Award - Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
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1991
Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM)
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Encyclopedia of Australian Science