Thora Oehlers
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2 September 1913
Thora Oehlers | |
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 Oehlers in the 1930s | |
| Born | Thora Augusta Maude Oehlers 2 September 1913 Singapore |
| Died | July 1990 England |
| Other names | T. A. M. Oehlers, Thora Winston (after marriage) |
| Occupation | Physician |
Thora Oehlers (2 September 1913 – July 1990) was a Singaporean physician. She was the first woman student in Singapore of mixed European and Asian ancestry to win a Queen's Scholarship in 1933, and served in the Royal Army Medical Corps during World War II.
Thora Augusta Maude Oehlers was born in Singapore, one of the twelve children of contractor George Rae Oehlers and Frances Maude Clarke.[1][2] Her grandparents came from Germany, Portugal, Britain, and Malaya. Her older brother, Sir George Oehlers, was Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Singapore. Her younger sister Mae Noeline Oehlers was principal of the Raffles Girls' School.[3]
Thora Oehlers was a student at the Raffles Institution, a bright and athletic young woman,[4] when she became "the first Eurasian girl scholar in Singapore" to win a Queen's Scholarship in 1933, for study in England.[5][6][7] She was the second girl in Singapore to win the honor, after Maggie Tan in 1930.[8]
