Kathleen Fowler

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)[1] 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.[2] She is credited with introducing maternity leave in the Australian army service.[3]

  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.