Kathleen Best

For the table tennis player, see Kathleen Best (table tennis).

Kathleen Best
1944 portrait by Nora Heysen
Born(1910-08-28)28 August 1910
Summer Hill, New South Wales
Died15 November 1957(1957-11-15) (aged 47)
Epworth Hospital, Richmond, Victoria
Buried
Fawkner Crematorium and Memorial Park
AllegianceAustralia
BranchSecond Australian Imperial Force
Women's Royal Australian Army Corps
Service years1940–1944
1951–1957
RankColonel Matron
UnitAustralian Army Nursing Service
CommandsWomen's Royal Australian Army Corps (1951–57)
Conflicts
AwardsOfficer of the Order of the British Empire
Royal Red Cross

Colonel Matron Kathleen Annie Louise Best, OBE, RRC (28 August 1910 – 15 November 1957) was the first director of the Women's Royal Australian Army Corps.

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