OFFICER, DORIS LYNE (1898-1967), medical practitioner, was born on 28 June 1898
at Sidcup, Kent, England, daughter of Ernest Alfred Veale, master mariner, and his
Australian-born wife Amy, née Glen-Wilson. Doris's parents had met in Sydney. Her
maternal grandfather James Glen Wilson, an artist attached to H.M.S. Herald, had
arrived in Australia in 1853. Doris was educated at Cheltenham Ladies' College,
Gloucestershire. Perhaps inspired by a family friend Mrs Elizabeth Garrett
Anderson (the first woman to qualify as a medical practitioner in England), she
was encouraged in her choice of a profession by her cousin Dr Laura Veale and
uncle Dr Ellacott Ward. In 1915 she entered the London School of Medicine for
Women (M.B., B.S., 1921).
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Doris Officer was educated at the School of Medicine for Women, Royal Free Hospital, London, graduating with an MB BS. She was also a member of the Royal College of Surgeons and a licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians. She was clinical assistant in children's outpatients, Queen Victoria Hospital, Melbourne 1930-1947 and medical officer, Free Kindergarten Union of Victoria from 1941. Other activities included lecturer in infant feeding and management, St George's Hospital, Melbourne 1941-1946, honorary secretary, Victorian Baby Health Centres Association from 1937, Government nominee to the Board of Management, Fairfield Infectious Diseases Hospital, Melbourne from 1941, a committee member for the Royal Melbourne Hospital and Associated Hospitals School of Nursing and chairman of the Hospital and Charities Waste Paper Appeal in 1957. During World War II she served for three years as honorary medical officer to the Red Cross Blood Bank, Melbourne and three years as medical officer to the Australian Women's Recruiting Depot, Melbourne. She was appointed OBE - Officer of The Order of the British Empire - 13 June 1959 as medical officer, Victoria Free Kindergarten Union.
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Doris Lyne Officer was educated at the School of Medicine for Women, Royal Free Hospital, London, graduating with an MB BS. She was also a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons and a Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians. She was Clinical Assistant in Children's Outpatients, Queen Victoria Hospital, Melbourne 1930-47 and Medical Officer, Free Kindergarten Union of Victoria from 1941. Other activities included Lecturer in Infant Feeding and Management, St Georges Hospital, Melbourne 1941-46, Honorary Secretary, Victorian Baby Health Centres Association from 1937, Government nominee to the Board of Management, Fairfield Infectious Diseases Hospital, Melbourne from 1941, a committee member for the Royal Melbourne Hospital and Associated Hospitals School of Nursing and Chairman of the Hospital and Charities Waste Paper Appeal in 1957. During World War II she served for three years as honorary Medical Officer to the Red Cross Blood Bank, Melbourne and three years as Medical Officer to the Australian Womens Recruiting Depot, Melbourne. She was appointed OBE - Officer of The Order of the British Empire - 13 June 1959 as Medical Officer - Victoria Free Kindergarten Union.
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