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Name	Shirley Stoecker
Alternative Names	Shirley Wilkins
Born	14 May, 1927 Balaklava, South Australia, Australia
Died	5 June, 2002 (aged 75) Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Cause of Death	cancer (bowel)
Education *	Gawler High School (SA) (student, 1939-1944)
Occupation or Descriptor *	nurse (general) (1947-1960) South Australia, Australia St John Ambulance leader (1985-2002) South Australia, Australia
Awards	Officer of the Order of St John of Jerusalem (recipient, 1988)
Key Events *	Australian Grand Prix (St John ambulance officer, 1985-1991)
Key Organisations *	Queen Victoria Past Trainees Association (Adelaide) (secretary) St John Ambulance (SA) (1985-2002)
Workplaces *	Hutchinson Hospital (Gawler, SA) (nurse, 1945-1947) Royal Adelaide Hospital (nurse, 1947-1950) Queen Victoria Hospital (Adelaide) (nurse, 1951-1951) Mount Gambier Hospital (SA) (nurse, 1952-1952) Memorial Hospital (North Adelaide) (nurse, 1953-1957) Daw House Hospital (Adelaide) (nurse, 1957-1958) Greenglades Nursing Home (Adelaide) (nurse, 1972-1982) Southern Cross Nursing Home (Adelaide) (nurse, 1984-1996)

* Dates are approximate

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