Collection 1464 - Dr Beda Pickard of Leeton

Beda Pickard was born to Thomas and Edith M (nee Grace) Pickard in 1919 in the District of St Leonards, Sydney. [1]
She attended the Clinical School at Royal North Shore Hospital and graduated from the University of Sydney with a M.B., B.S. (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery ??) in June 1954. [2][3] On 7th July 1954, she became a qualified medical practicitioner for the NSW Medical Board. [4] On 1st June 1954, she was employed as the Resident Medical Officer at Leeton District Hospital, replacing Dr Roma Wilkinson. [5]
Dr Beda Pickard died in 1990. [6] At the time she was residing at 26 Jellicoe Road, Tuross Heads. [7]

References:
[1] NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Birth Registration No. 8582/1919
[2] Senior Year Book, 1953, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney (accessed via University of Sydney Library, https://digital.library.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/11855)
[3] The Sun Herald, 13 June 1954, pg. 25 (accessed via Trove, National Library of Australia, https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/12644432)
[4] NSW Government Gazette, 13 August 1954, pg. 2463 (accessed via Trove, National Library of Australia, https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/220292537)
[5] The Murrumbidgee Irrigator, 27 August 1954, pg.6 (accessed via Trove, National Library of Australia, https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/156093943)
[6] NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Death Registration No. 202069/1990)
[7] The Sydney Morning Herald, 23 May 1990, pg. 45.