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Name	Edith Alexandra White
Born	28 January, 1901 Grafton, New South Wales, Australia
Died	25 May, 1988 (aged 87) Kenmore, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Religious Influence	Catholic Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.
Occupation or Descriptor *	hospital matron (general) (1928-1937) Queensland, Australia hospital matron (general) (1937-1941) Northern Territory, Australia army matron (1941-1946) Federal, Australia hospital matron (general) (1947-1966) Queensland, Australia

* Dates are approximate

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