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Name	Agnes Betty Jeffrey
Born	14 May, 1908 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Died	13 September, 2000 (aged 92) Malvern, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Related Entries	[View as tree] Hammond, Joan Hilda (friend) Sage, Annie Moriah (colleague)
Education *	Warwick Girls' School (Malvern, Melbourne) (student, 1920-1924)
Occupation or Descriptor *	nurse (general) (1938-1941) Victoria, Australia army nurse (1941-1945) Federal, Australia prisoner of war (Australian) (1942-1945) Federal, Australia military historian (1952-1954) Victoria, Australia
Military Service *	World War II (prisoner of war, 1942-1945) Malayan campaign, 1941-42 (army nurse) Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps (army nurse, 1941-1945)
Awards	Medal of the Order of Australia (recipient, 1987)
Key Organisations *	Ex-Prisoners of War Relatives Association (Vic) (patron) Returned Army Nurses' Club (Melbourne) (member)
Workplaces *	Australian Nurses Memorial Centre (Vic) (administrator, 1950-1954)

* Dates are approximate