Born Neutral Bay, Sydney Australia 24 Jun 1872 Died Wellington 27 Nov 1960 Educated at Cheltenham Ladies' College, then at a Girls' High School, Dulwich, north London.
Returned to Sydney in 1881, attending Abbotsleigh Girls' School, then Sydney Girls' High School At Sydney University completed a BSc in geology and biology. Medical College for Women, Edinburgh 1896-1899 First female to graduate with honours in science RMO, Stirling District Asylum, near Edinburgh 1900 RMO, Callan Park Asylum, Sydney 1901 Came to NZ in 1905 to buy practice of Dr Isabella Watson in Wellington Honorary Children's Physician, Wellington Hospital 1912 - 1915 Medical Officer, St Helen's Hospital Wellington Photograph from the biography of Agnes Bennett by Cecil and Celia Manson WW1 service: first female captain in the RAMC; MO, Scottish Women's Hospital in Greece; served with the French Red Cross, then with NZMC. RMO, Glasgow Royal Infirmary during the influenza epidemic in 1918 MO, Chatham Islands 1947 The photograph was taken in Edinburgh in 1899, when Agnes was a member of the Women's Medical School Committee Obituary: NZMJ 1961 60:42 |
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