Susan Haines OBE

Susan Haines was born on the West Coast of Tasmania and trained at St Johns Hospital, in South Hobart.

 In 1940 Susan was one of the first of eight Tasmanian nurses to be posted to the Middle East with the Australian Imperial Force and held the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.

 In 1945, she received the award of the Royal Red Cross for her role with the Australian Army Nursing Service during the war. 

After the war, Susan was Chief Nurse of the English Section of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration and was later seconded to the position of Nursing Consultant to the Minister of Health in South Korea to re-establish the nursing service after the Korean War.