About Roberta Whyte
Lived 1897 – 1979 (aged 81–82). Roberta Whyte was a military personnel.
Air Commandant Dame Roberta Mary Whyte, (6 June 1897 – 25 January 1979) was a British nurse and Royal Air force officer. From 1952 to 1956, she was matron-in-chief of Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service.
She trained as a nurse at the King's College Hospital. After this she joined Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service in 1929. She served until 1956, and, from 1952 to 1956, was matron-in-chief.
Whyte never married, and died in 1979, aged 81. Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (1955)
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British nurse
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Roberta Whyte was born in 1897.
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Roberta Whyte died in 1979.
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Roberta Whyte was a military personnel.
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