Matron Margaret Lang Accession Number: ART27682

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Margaret Irene Lang first served in Solonika with the Australian Army Nursing Service in the First World War. During the Second World War, she was Matron-in-Chief of the Royal Australian Air Force Nursing Service. She completed her training at the Wangaratta District Hospital and the Women's Hospital (later Royal) in Melbourne. Lang was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire on 8 June 1950 for service with the Royal Australian Air Force Nursing Service during the Second World War. [Source: http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE0572b.htm]

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Accession Number
ART27682
Classification
Art
Object Type
Painting
Physical Description
Medium: oil on canvas on board
Measurement
framed: 64 x 50 cm
Overall: 54.8 cm x 40.8 cm
Medium
oil on canvas on board
Date Made
c 1943
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
presented by the RAAF 1971
Copyright
AWM copyright

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