KELLETT, Adelaide Maude
| Service Number: | Nursing Sister |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 21 September 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Nursing Sister |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF |
| Born: | Raglan, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, 1 September 1873 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Matron |
| Died: | Waverley, New South Wales, Australia, 12 April 1945, aged 71 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
St Stephens Anglican Cemetery Penrith, New South Wales |
| Memorials: | Bathurst District's Nurses and the Centenary of The Great War Memorial Plaque, Sydney Hospital Staff of Active Service Honor Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Sep 1914: | Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Nursing Sister, Nursing Sister, 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF | |
|---|---|---|
| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement 1st Infantry Brigade Headquarters, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: Name recorded on original roll as "A. Kellett" | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked 1st Infantry Brigade Headquarters, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 28 Nov 1914: | Involvement 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: 'Remarks on roll: Embarked on Euripides, 20/10/14.' | |
| 28 Nov 1914: | Embarked 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF, HMAT Kyarra, Sydney |
Death of Miss A. M. Kellett
Death of Miss A. M. Kellett
Miss Adelaide Maud Kellett, O.B.E., R.R.C., A.A.N.S., of the 1st A.I.F., member of a well-known Penrith
family of former years, and .a former matron of Sydney Hospital, died in a private hospital at
Waverley on 12th inst. She was the daughter of the late Mr and Mrs Charles Kellett, of Penrith.
Her father was post mastery at Penrith for many years.
Miss Kellett's distinguished career in the nursing profession is well known. She was trained at Sydney
Hospital and was assistant matron there in 1914 when she enlisted for active service. She was
mentioned in despatches in Egypt and Prance and was awarded the Royal Red Cross and later the C.B.E.;
and, in 1937, the Florence Nightingale Medal by the International Red Cross Society at Geneva. She was the first nurse to be appointed president of the Australasian Trained Nurses' Association, and was president of the Australian Nursing Federation, the governing body of the state branches of the A.T.N.A., and the Royal Victorian College of Nursing.
She was formerly matron of the Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, and was also principal matron A.A.N.S. Reserve, 2nd Military District, N.S.W.
Miss Kellett met with an accident in October, 1942, which kept her an invalid, , and last year she retired from her position at Sydney Hospital.
Deceased leaves three brothers anda sister—Daisey Tremaine (Bronte), Charles Gordon C in America), Marshall Stanley (Bronte), and Lionel Russell (Bondi). One sister (Blanche, Mrs Bert Thorndike) predeceased her.
A service was held at St. James'Church on Friday, after which the funeral proceeded to Northern Suburbs Crematorium.
Nepean Times Thursday 19 April 1945 page 3
Submitted 10 March 2016 by Faithe Jones
Biography contributed
See attached ANU biography
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