About Ida Nancy Ashburn
Lived 1909 – 1980 (aged 71). Ida Nancy Ashburn was an Australian teacher, nurse and head-mistress.
Ida Nancy Ashburn (3 August 1909 – 20 October 1980) was an Australian headmistress and nurse. After graduating from the University of Queensland, she became founding principal of Clayfield College from 1934 to 1964. During the Second World War, she trained as a nurse to the Voluntary Aid Detachment and from 1959 served on the Soldiers' Children Education Board for 20 years.
Early life Ashburn was born on 3 August, 1909 at Esk, Queensland to married couple John Mark Ashburn and Ida Victoria, , as the fourth of five children.
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(1909-1980) headmistress
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Ida Nancy Ashburn was born on 3 August 1909 in Esk.
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Ida Nancy Ashburn died on 20 October 1980 in Clayfield.
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Ida Nancy Ashburn was a teacher, nurse and head-mistress.
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