Joan Mary DEANS
Also known as: née Learoyd
Born: 10 February 1920
Died: 29 December 2006
Special Achievements: Additional Information:Joan was an English nurse “in the Queen Alexandria Army Nursing Service on loan from the Royal Navy, and worked in military hospitals at Bonegilla and other military hospitals in” New South Wales. She later joined the “Commonwealth Medical Service and accept a transfer to the Alice Springs Hospital”.
1948 - Policeman's wife at Hatches Creek, Northern Territory.
Resources
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Image - Joan Mary Deans
Source: The Northern Territory Police and Historical Society Incorporated Document Collection.
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Image - Joan Deans and COP Bates
Source: The Northern Territory Police and Historical Society Incorporated Document Collection.
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Image - Joan Mary Deans, O.A.M.
Photo used with permission of Ursula Wythe.
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Image - Joan Mary Deans, O.A.M.
Photo used with permission of Ursula Wythe.
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Image - Joan Deans
with Olive O'Keefe
Women's Museum of Australia
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References
Deans, Joan. Historical Feature: Hatches Creek Police Station 1948 – A Wife’s View. Alice Springs Neighbourhood Watch Newsletter. Number 1, Volume 1:11.
Deans, Joan. Historical Feature… Part II: Hatches Creek Police Station 1948 – A Wife’s View. Alice Springs Neighbourhood Watch Newsletter. Number 2, Volume 1:11.
Deans, Joan. Historical Feature… Part III: Hatches Creek Police Station 1948 – A Wife’s View. Alice Springs Neighbourhood Watch Newsletter. Number 3, Volume 1:11.
NT Police Museum. "DEANS, Joan Mary OAM". accessed 6 September 2020.
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Document - Francis Davidson Deans and Joan McIntyre (Deans)
The Citation (the newsletter of the Northern Territory Police Museum and Historical Society Inc). May 2007.
