STEADMAN, Mabel Annie
| Service Number: | Staff Nurse |
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| Enlisted: | 19 November 1917, Keswick, SA |
| Last Rank: | Staff Nurse |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) |
| Born: | Kanmantoo, South Australia, 7 April 1884 |
| Home Town: | Payneham, Norwood Payneham St Peters, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Nurse |
| Died: | Heart Failure, Memorial Hospital, North Adelaide, South Australia, 23 March 1923, aged 38 years |
| Cemetery: |
Payneham Cemetery, South Australia SE, Path 15, Plot 0414 |
| Memorials: | Kanmantoo War Memorial, Keswick South Australian Army Nurses Roll of Honor, North Adelaide Memorial Hospital Chapel Memorial Stained Glass Windows, Payneham District Council Roll of Honor, Payneham Road Uniting (Methodist) Church Honor Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Nov 1917: | Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Staff Nurse, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Keswick, SA | |
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| 26 Nov 1917: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: SS Indarra embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 26 Nov 1917: | Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), SS Indarra, Melbourne | |
| 28 Jun 1919: | Discharged Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Served in India |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Daughter of William Steele STEADMAN and Caroline bee BALL
Of Payneham Public School, South Australia
OBITUARY
The death occurred at the Memorial Hospital, North Adelaide, on Friday of Sister Mabel Steadman, formerly of the A.A.N.S. She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Steadman, of Evandale. After training at Miss Lawrence's Private Hospital, she proceeded to India with the military forces, and served there during the war. She was appointed to the staff of the Memorial Hospital in its early days, and remained there until the time of her death. In fact, writes a correspondent, 'she gave herself, an ever eager spirit, with boundless energy, to the institution.'
The Register Saturday 24 March 1923 page 8
The death of Sister Mabel Steadman, which occurred early on March 23 at the Memorial Hospital, has removed a greatly beloved nurse and a lady of charming personality. Miss Steadman was a member of a well-known Methodist family of Payneham. On the completion of her training as a nurse, she offered for war service and spent three years in hospital work with the army in India. By her sympathetic and devoted, service she greatly endeared herself to all with whom, she was associated. The strain of the work, however, told on her health, which was never afterwards robust. On returning to South Australia she accepted a position of charge nurse at the Memorial Hospital and during the four years she was connected with the institution she won similar high appreciation to that which her sense of duty and loyalty to her lofty ideals had gained for her years engaged in service in India. Sister Steadman died of heart failure, after a fortnight's illness.
Chronicle Saturday 31 March 1923 page 48
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