Society for the Blind). This work was unpaid. She also worked as medical officer for Aden Port Trust Family Clinic, and served with the Church of Scotland Medical Mission in Yemen. Even after her "official" retirement Croskery spent four winters in remote parts of the Yemen, treating people with trachoma. After Croskery finally retired she returned to live in Belfast, where her married sister and family still lived, to be joined later by Lilian. She was awarded the Order of the British Empire for public service in Aden. Croskery donated a collection of antiquities from Yemen to the British Museum, and some coins to the Ulster Museum. References External links British-Yemeni Society article on Doctor Petrie accessed 27 July 2011 1901 births 1990 deaths People from County Tyrone Irish general practitioners 20th-century Irish medical doctors Irish ophthalmologists Irish women medical doctors 20th-century women physicians