Death of Sister M. Cleary, of Fiji
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Untimely End To Brilliant
Career
FOLLOWING an operation some days previously, Sister Margaret Cleary, tutor-sister at the Nurses’ Training School, in Suva, Fiji, died in the Colonial Memorial Hospital on April 5.
Miss Cleary was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Cleary, of Fiji, and was born in the Colony. She trained at the Memorial Hospital in Suva and in 1936 she became a sister. In 1938 she took charge of the Fijian Infant Wel fare scheme at Tailevu and at the end of that year, left for the United States with a Rockefeller Scholarship. She re turned to Fiii in 1940 to inaugurate the Central Nursing School.
Miss Cleary is survived by two brothers: Mr. Vincent Cleary, of Rhodesia, and Mr. Joseph Cleary, of Ba. Fiji.
A third brother Mr. Basil Cleary, was
dispenser at the Tarawa Central Hos pital. He voluntarily remained behind to perform work of national importance after the general evacuation of the Gil berts, and was murdered by the Japan ese in October, 1942.