Agnes Marion McLean Walsh
Agnes Marion McLean Walsh was head matron of King Edward Memorial Hospital, a Western Australian maternity hospital from 1922 until her retirement in December 1954, during which time more than 60,000 babies were born under her supervision. In that capacity she advised the Commonwealth Government on midwifery policy and was on the National Medical Research Council.
In the 1949 New Year Honours Walsh was made an Officer of the British Empire and received her award at Government House, Perth in July of the same year.
