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Joan Moriarty

Joan Moriarty

British nursing administrator (1923–2020)

For the Irish ballet dancer and choreographer, see Joan Denise Moriarty.

Brigadier Joan Olivia Elsie Moriarty, CB, RRC, QHNS (11 May 1923 – 19 July 2020) was a British military nurse and nursing administrator who served as Matron-in-Chief/Director of the Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps from 1977 to 1981.[1][2][3] She was decorated with the Royal Red Cross in the 1977 New Year Honours,[4] and made a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1979 Birthday Honours.

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She died on 19 July 2020 at the age of 97.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    "No. 48505". The London Gazette (Supplement). 26 January 1981. p. 1197.
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    "No. 38063". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 September 1947. p. 4189.
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    The Independent birthdays
  4. [4]
    "No. 47102". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1976. p. 30.
  5. [5]
    Brigadier Joan Moriarty


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