Alice Elphick
Australian Sister of Charity
About Alice Elphick
Lived 1921 – 2008 (aged 86). Alice Elphick was an Australian religious sister.
Alice Nolan Elphick, (4 August 1921 – 20 June 2008), probably better known as Sister Mary Bernice Elphick, was a nun of the Sisters of Charity of Australia with a long and prestigious record of service to health.
Biography Elphick was born on 4 August 1921, in country Victoria (Foster, South Gippsland), to Herbert and Sarah Elphick. Her father was both a farmer and a railway engineer. Alice had three brothers and two sisters. Elphick completed her high school education and nursing training in Melbourne. a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in 1986, and a Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) in 2006.
Death and legacy In 2002, a fund-raising rose for the Victor Chang Institute was named after her.
Elphick retired in 1997, and died at the St Joseph's Aged Care Facility, Kensington (Sydney) on 20 June 2008.
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Australian Sister of Charity
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Alice Elphick was born on 4 August 1921 in Foster.
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Alice Elphick died on 20 June 2008 in Kensington.
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