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Name	Phoebe Chapple
Born	31 March, 1879 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Died	24 March, 1967 (aged 87) Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Education *	Advanced School for Girls (Adelaide) (student, 1891-1895) University of Adelaide (student, 1896-1904)
Occupation or Descriptor *	general practitioner (1905-1917) South Australia, Australia defence forces personnel (British) (1917-1919) Overseas feminist (1917-1964) South Australia, Australia obstetrician/gynaecologist (1919-1964) South Australia, Australia women's activist (1919-1964) South Australia, Australia
Military Service *	World War I (British army doctor)
Awards	Military Medal (recipient, 1918)
Legacies *	Phoebe Chappel Bursary (St Anne's College, University of Adelaide) (eponym) Phoebe Chappel Memoral Scholarship (University of Adelaide) (eponym)
Key Organisations *	Advanced School Old Scholars Association (SA) (member) South Australan Refuge (doctor, 1908-1935) South Australian Medical Women's Society (member, 1927-1967) South Australian Medical Women's Society (life member, 1962-1967)
Workplaces *	Sydney Medical Mission (doctor, 1906-1907) Prince Alfred College (Adelaide) (doctor, 1908-1914)

* Dates are approximate

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