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In 1925 the Victorian government appointed Dr Scantlebury and Dr Henrietta Main to make a survey of the welfare of women and children, comparing Victoria with New Zealand. In 1926 the government created a section of infant welfare in the Health Department, and Dr Scantlebury was appointed part-time director, a position she held until her death. From ADB entry.
Book of Remembrance entry
Not listed on the Roll of Active Servcice. In 1917 she sailed to England and was attached to the Royal Army Medical Corps as assistant surgeon to Dr L. Garrett Anderson at Endell Street Military Hospital London 1917 - 1919
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1889Birth in Linton -- VIC, Australia 6 August 1889
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?Early education at Toorak College, Mount Eliza, VIC, Australia
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1914Tertiary education at University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia 1914
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1914Tertiary education at University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia 1914
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1914Resident Medical Officer at Moorabbin -- VIC, Australia 7 April 1914
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1915Resident Medical Officer at Children's Hospital -- Melbourne VIC, Australia 1915
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1924Toured America & Canada studying child health 1924
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1926Medical Director of Infant Welfare at Moorabbin -- VIC, Australia 15 September 1926
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1926Investigator into health of women and children at Moorabbin -- VIC, Australia 1926
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1926Married 18 Sep 1926 at St Bede's Anglican Church : Elwood [ VIC Australia ]
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1938Appointed O.B.E. Order British Empire 1938
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1946Commemorated by Vera Scantlebury Brown Child Welfare Memorial Trust 1946 at University of Melbourne : Parkville [ VIC Australia ]
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?Champion (Shaw), Rachel
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?Bage, Ethel Mary
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1946Death in Moorabbin -- VIC, Australia 14 July 1946
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