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.

Authority Record updated 27 May 2025. J Salzke

The attached image has been sourced from the 1953 Senior Year Book of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney and was accessed via the University of Sydney Library (https://digital.library.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/11855).