Jessie Margaret Langham
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Jessie Margaret Langham | |
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_November_1954_(sq_cropped).jpg) Langham in 1954 | |
| Born | 26 March 1902 Korumburra, Victoria |
| Died | 12 November 1988 (aged 86) |
| Allegiance | Australia |
| Branch | Second Australian Imperial Force |
| Service years | 1940–1946 |
| Rank | Captain |
| Service number | VX8396 |
| Conflicts | Second World War |
| Awards | Officer of the Order of the British Empire Associate Royal Red Cross |
Jessie Margaret Langham, OBE, ARRC (26 March 1902 – 12 November 1988) was an Australian nurse who was awarded the Associate Royal Red Cross in the Second World War. She served as hospital matron at Ballarat Base Hospital for twenty years and was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire.
Langham was born on 26 March 1902 in Korumburra, Victoria,[1] to Catherine (née Clark) and William Smith Langham. Her father was a pastoralist. She was in her late twenties when she began her training as a nurse at the (Royal) Melbourne Hospital in 1929.[2] She was awarded the C. L. Forrest Trust gold medal for general proficiency and completed her basic training in 1932,[1] after which she went to Queen Victoria hospital to train in midwifery. In 1935 she left her position as Melbourne Hospital's night superintendent to begin two years working for the Australian Inland Mission at the Victoria River Downs Station in the Northern Territory.[2]
