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Australian Army officer This article is about the Australian military officer. For the American mathematician, see Kathleen Kavanagh.

Kathleen Fowler
Bornc. 1925 (1925)
Died (aged 87)
Melbourne, Victoria
AllegianceAustralia
Service / branchAustralian Women's Army Service
Women's Royal Australian Army Corps
Years of service1943–1947
1951–1977
RankColonel
CommandsWomen's Royal Australian Army Corps (1972–77)
Battles / warsSecond World War
AwardsMember of the Order of Australia

Kathleen May Fowler, AM (c. 1925 – 17 November 2012) was an Australian military officer. She served as director of the Women's Royal Australian Army Corps and was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in 1975. She is credited with introducing maternity leave in the Australian army service.

References

  1. "Kathleen Fowler". The Age. 27 November 2012.
  2. "Fowler, Kathleen May, (Colonel, AM)". National Library of Australia.
  3. Simon Brown (14 April 2015). "The maternity that changed the military". South Coast Register.
Military offices
Preceded byColonel Dawn Jackson Director of the Women's Royal Australian Army Corps
1972–1977 		Succeeded byColonel Barbara Maxwell


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