Person

Kellett, Adelaide Maud (1873 - 1945)

CBE RRC

Born
1 September 1873
Raglan, New South Wales, Australia
Died
12 April 1945
Waverley, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
Nurse and Hospital administrator

Summary

Adelaide Kellett became Matron of the Sydney Hospital in 1921 after serving in World War 1 as an army nurse. She retired from that position in 1944. Adelaide Kellett was President of the Australasian Trained Nurses Association 1929-1930, 1933-1934, 1937 and 1941-1942.

Details

Chronology

1898 - 1901
Education - Nurse training at Sydney Hospital
1907
Military service - Joined the Australian Army Nursing Service
1914
Military service - Left Australia with the first convey of the Australian Imperial Force
1914 - 1916
Military service - Matron with the Choubrah Military Infectious Hospital in Egypt
1916
Award - Mentioned in Despatches (MID)
1916 - 1917
Military service - Matron with the No 2 Australian Army Hospital in Southall, UK
1917
Award - Royal Red Cross (RRC)
1917 - 1919
Military service - Matron with the No 25 British General Hospital in Hardelot, France
1919
Award - Mentioned in Despatches (MID)
1919
Award - Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
1920
Career position - Matron with the No 4 Australian General Hospital in Randwick, New South Wales
1921 - 1944
Career position - Matron at the Sydney Hospital
1929 - 1930
Career position - President, Australasian Trained Nurses Association
1933 - 1934
Career position - President, Australasian Trained Nurses Association
1935
Award - Florence Nightingale Medal, International Committee of the Red Cross
1937
Career position - President, Australasian Trained Nurses Association
1941 - 1942
Career position - President, Australasian Trained Nurses Association
1944
Life event - Retired

Published resources

Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions

  • McCarthy, Gavan; Morgan, Helen; Smith, Ailie; van den Bosch, Alan, Where are the Women in Australian Science?, Exhibition of the Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, First published 2003 with lists updated regulary edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, 2003, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/wisa/wisa.html. Details

Book Sections

  • Mitchell, Ann M, 'Kellett, Adelaide Maud (1873-1945), hospital matron' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 9: 1891 - 1939 Gil-Las, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1983), pp. 549-550. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A090548b.htm. Details

Resources

See also

  • Alexander, John A. ed., Who's who in Australia 1944 (Melbourne, Victoria: The Herald and Weekly Times Ltd, 1944), 906 pp. Details

McCarthy, G.J.

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