BENNETT, AGNES ELIZABETH LLOYD (1872-1960), medical practitioner, was born on 24
June 1872 at Neutral Bay, Sydney, sixth child of W. C. Bennett, and his first wife
Agnes Amelia, née Hays. Educated in England at Cheltenham Ladies' College and
Dulwich Girls' High School until her mother's death in 1881, she attended
Abbotsleigh girls' school in Sydney from July 1885, then the Girls' High School,
Sydney, in 1888-89. She won a scholarship in 1890 and studied science at the
University of Sydney (B.Sc., 1894); she was secretary of and a night-school
teacher for the Women's Association (later University Women's Settlement).
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Agnes Bennett practised in Wellington, New Zealand from 1905 and was Chief Medical Officer at St Helens Maternity Hospital 1908-36.
Born Sydney, 24 June 1872. Died Wellington, New Zealand, 27 November 1960. OBE 1948. Educated University of Sydney (BSc 1894) and College of Medicine for Women, University of Edinburgh (MB, ChM 1899, MD 1911). Teacher and governess; private practice, Sydney 1901-04; junior medical officer, Hospital for the Insane, Callan Park 1904-05; private practice, Wellington, New Zealand from 1905; chief medical officer, St Helen's maternity hospital 1908-36; honorary physician, children's ward, Wellington Hospital from 1910; first female commissioned officer, British Army 1915; in charge of a unit of the Scottish Women's Hospitals on the Serbian front 1916-17; medical officer, Burketown, North Queensland 1938-39; English hospitals 1940-42; lectured to the women's services in New Zealand on venereal disease and birth control from 1942. First president, Wellington branch, International Federation of University Women 1923.
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Agnes Elizabeth L. Bennett practised in Wellington, New Zealand from 1905 and was Chief Medical Officer at St. Helens Maternity Hospital 1908-36.
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1894
Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Sydney
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1899
Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Master of Surgery (ChM) completed at the College of Medicine for Women, University of Edinburgh, Scotland
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1901 - 1904
Career position - Private practice in Sydney
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1904 - 1905
Career position - Junior Medical Officer at the Hospital for the Insane in Callan Park
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1905 - ?
Career position - Private practice in Wellington, New Zealand
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1908 - 1936
Career position - Chief Medical Officer at St Helen's Maternity Hospital
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1910 - ?
Career position - Honorary Physician in the children's ward at Wellington Hospital, New Zealand
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1911
Education - Doctor of Medicine (MD) received from the College of Medicine for Women, University of Edinburgh
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1915
Career position - First female commissioned Officer in the British Army
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1916 - 1917
Career position - In charge of a unit of the Scottish Women's Hospitals on the Serbian front
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1923
Career position - First President of the Wellington branch of the International Federation of University Women
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1938 - 1939
Career position - Medical Officer in Burketown, North Queensland
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1940 - 1942
Career position - English hospitals
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1942 - c. 1945
Career position - Lectured to the women's services in New Zealand on venereal disease and birth control
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1948
Award - Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
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