Constance Fairhall

Constance Fairhall
Fairhall from a 1934 missionary magazine
Born
Constance Grace Fairhall

(1906-03-11)11 March 1906
Worthing, England
Died30 March 1993(1993-03-30) (aged 87)
Worthing, England
NationalityBritish
Other namesPaul
OccupationMissionary nurse

Constance Fairhall MBE (11 March 1906 – 30 March 1993), also known as Paul,[1] was a missionary nurse from Tunbridge Wells, England. In 1936 she established hospitals to treat leprosy and TB on a small island near Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, where she served for 37 years.[2] She published three books about her experiences.

  1. ^ Breward, Ian (2001). A history of churches in Australasia. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. p. 283. ISBN 9780198263562.
  2. ^ "Sister Fairhall has called it a day". Papua-New Guinea Post-Courier. Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. 1970-11-25. p. 23.