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Joan Olivia Elsie Moriarty, (11 May 1923 – 19 July 2020) was a British military nurse and nursing administrator who served as Matron-in-Chief/Director of the

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from 1977 to 1981. She was decorated with the

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in the 1977 New Year Honours, and made a

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in the

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. She died on 19 July 2020 at the age of 97.Brigadier Joan Moriarty
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1923 births 2020 deaths Companions of the Order of the Bath Members of the Royal Red Cross Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps officers British Army brigadiers {{nurse-bio-stub