Kathleen Fowler

{{short description|Australian Army officer}}

{{about|the Australian military officer|the American mathematician|Kathleen Kavanagh}}

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|name= Kathleen Fowler

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|birth_date= {{circa}} {{birth year|1925}}

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|death_date= {{death date and given age|2012|11|17|87|df=yes}}

|death_place= Melbourne, Victoria

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|allegiance= Australia

|branch= Australian Women's Army Service
Women's Royal Australian Army Corps

|serviceyears= 1943–1947
1951–1977

|rank= Colonel

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|commands= Women's Royal Australian Army Corps (1972–77)

|battles= Second World War

|awards= Member of the Order of Australia

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Kathleen May Fowler, {{postnominals|country=AUS|size=100|AM}} ({{circa}} 1925 – 17 November 2012){{cite news|url=http://tributes.theage.com.au/obituaries/theage-au/obituary.aspx?n=kathleen-fowler&pid=161263077|work=The Age|title=Kathleen Fowler|date=27 November 2012}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/people/752097?c=people|publisher=National Library of Australia|title=Fowler, Kathleen May, (Colonel, AM)}} She is credited with introducing maternity leave in the Australian army service.{{cite web|url=https://www.southcoastregister.com.au/story/3010963/the-maternity-that-changed-the-military/|work=South Coast Register|title=The maternity that changed the military|author=Simon Brown|date=14 April 2015}}