Historical information

After completing their general training, many nurses went on to gain a midwifery qualification at a midwifery hospital. This certificate was obtained by Lois Leonard [AH Grad 1944] at The Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne in 1954. Lois was the sister of Helen Harvey-Smith (nee Leonard) [AH Grad 1942], Lois worked as a nurse in Britain before retiring to raise her four sons, but did volunteer work primarily in Asia where her husband worked as an engineer, including training Sunatran village women in nursing skills

Significance

A postgraduate nursing qualification gained by an Alfred graduate

Physical description

Blue and red print within a simple border on white background. The coat of arms of the hospital is at upper right. There are typed,and handwritten annotations

Inscriptions & markings

Lois Enid Leonard [recipient] twelve [months - length of course]5.9.54 [course completed] [all black type] ?????? [signatures in blue and black ink of hospital president, manager, and 2 examiners]Lois E Leonard[recipient ] previous catalogue number hand written at top left [black ink]