Lois Pitman | |
Birth Date: | 1919 |
Birth Place: | Melbourne, Victoria |
Death Place: | Melbourne, Victoria |
Allegiance: | Australia |
Branch: | Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force Women's Royal Australian Air Force |
Serviceyears: | 1942–1946 1960–1972 |
Rank: | Group Officer |
Commands: | Women's Royal Australian Air Force (1960–72) |
Battles: | Second World War |
Awards: | Officer of the Order of the British Empire |
Lois Katrine Pitman, (1919 – 30 October 2014) was an Australian military officer and social worker. She served as director of the Women's Royal Australian Air Force (WRAAF) from 1960 to 1972.[1]
Born in Melbourne, Pitman joined the Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force in 1942 and later served with the Department of Post-War Reconstruction. She qualified as a social worker and worked with the Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital and the St Thomas' Hospital. After joining the WRAAF she studied psychology at Australian National University.[1]
Pitman was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1968.[1]