DUNNE, Teresa Josephine
| Service Number: | Nurse |
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| Enlisted: | 11 November 1914, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Head Sister |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) |
| Born: | Waterford, Queensland, 2 September 1887 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Nurse |
| Died: | Natural causes (post-op), Melbourne, Victoria, 19 May 1931, aged 43 years |
| Cemetery: |
Box Hill General Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: | Coorparoo Roll of Honor, Queensland Australian Army Nursing Service Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Nov 1914: | Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Nurse, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Brisbane, Queensland | |
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| 21 Dec 1914: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, 1st Australian General Hospital, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Dec 1914: | Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, 1st Australian General Hospital, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane | |
| 16 Sep 1916: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Head Sister, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Karmala embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 16 Sep 1916: | Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Head Sister, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), RMS Karmala, Sydney | |
| 16 Feb 1920: | Discharged Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Head Sister, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) |
Logan Village Museum
Teresa undertook her Nursing training at the St Helens Hospital, South Brisbane. Upon returning to Brisbane after the Armistice she became Matron of St Helens Hospital and held that office until her premature death from complications following surgery in Melbourne Hospital in 1931.
Submitted 16 February 2023 by Coralyn Cowin
Logan Village Museum
Teresa was born 2nd September 1887 at Waterford in Queensland. Her parents were William and Mary Ann nee Gavan.
Submitted 3 January 2017 by Coralyn Cowin
Biography
"OBITUARY. Matron T. J. Dunne.
The death occurred at St Ives Private Hospital Melbourne on Tuesday last, of Matron Teresa J. Dunne of St Helens Private Hospital Brisbane following an operation. The late Miss Dunne volunteered for service soon after the war began in November 1914, she embarked on the Kyarra and went to Egypt attached to the No. 1 A. G. H. After some time at Heliopolis she was transferred to the No. 2 A. G. H. at Ghezira Palace Hospital. In 1915 as sub-matron she returned to Brisbane on a troop ship with invalids and again as matron in 1916. She returned to active service as matron in chaige of a band of 50 Australian nurses going to India. There
after some experiences as second matron in a R.A.M.C. unit at Rawalpindi she was sent to Poona as matron of the British Deccan War Hospital. To the work of this immense establishment she brought to bear her wonderful powers of organisation and of physical endurance so that when the war was over she was sent to England and there was decorated with the Royal Red Cross by his Majesty the King. On her return to Brisbane after the Armistice she became matron of St Helens Hospital and held that office till her death. With the exception of her period of war service her nursing career had been in connection with that hospital from probationer to matron. She was a member of the ATNA Council and lectured for several years in general nursing for the Nurses Registration Board." - from the Brisbane Courier 23 May 1931 (nla.gov.au)
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