Image: The first female doctor to win the Military Medal (25506418022)

Description: ID number: P10871.005 Photographer: Swaine Place: London Though Phoebe Chapple was recognised as a skilled doctor, the Australian government’s policies precluded her from military service. Undaunted, the Adelaide-born Chapple travelled to Britain in 1917 and joined the Royal Army Medical Corps, becoming one of the first two woman doctors sent to France. During a bombing raid near Abbeville in May 1918, her care for those wounded around her, regardless of personal danger, led to her being awarded the Military Medal – the first woman doctor ever to receive this decoration for bravery. Further information about Dr Chapple is available on the Memorial’s website, see https://www.awm.gov.au/blog/2009/06/30/dr-phoebe-chapple-the-first-woman-doctor-to-recieve-the-military-medal/ Rights Info: No known copyright restrictions. This photograph is from the Australian War Memorial's collection http://www.awm.gov.au Persistent URL: https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/P10871.005
Title: The first female doctor to win the Military Medal (25506418022)
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