BROADHEAD, Stella Antoinette
| Service Number: | Nurse |
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| Enlisted: | 6 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Sister |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF |
| Born: | Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia, 29 March 1874 |
| Home Town: | Cobar, Cobar, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Inverary & Goulburn State Schools, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Sister |
| Died: | Natural causes, New South Wales, Australia , 6 June 1945, aged 71 years |
| Cemetery: |
Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW Remains were cremated and collected. |
| Memorials: | Bungonia Gallipoli Grove |
World War 1 Service
| 6 Jul 1915: | Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) | |
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| 14 Jul 1915: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Nurse, 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
| 14 Jul 1915: | Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF, HMAT Orsova, Sydney | |
| 9 Jun 1919: | Discharged Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF |
Suffering Meningitis and Inflammation of the Hand
Mrs. F Walpole, of Goulburn, has received a wire informing her that her sister, Nurse Broadhead, who is in France, is suffering from meningitis and inflammation of the hand. Nurse Broadhead is a sister of Messrs. Lindsay and Marsh Broadhead, of Bungonia. The nurse was trained in the Goulburn Hospital and was at one time matron of Cobar Hospital.
Goulburn Evening Penny Post Thursday 05 April 1917 page 4
Submitted 10 March 2016 by Adrian Jones
Obituary
SISTER S A. BROADHEAD
The death took place early this morning of Sister Stella Antoinette Broadhead. Born at Goulburn, she was the eldest daughter of the late Mr. David Broadhead and Mrs. Mary Emily Broadhead, ''of Inverary Park. She was a sister of Mr. H.L. Broadhead, of Goulburn; Mr. D. M. Broadhead, of Inverary Park, Bungonia; Mrs. E. E.Wyatt, of Castle Hill, and Mrs. F. Walpole, of Terrigal. A brother, Oswald Arthur, predeceased. Miss Broadhead was educated at Inverary and Goulburn. She took up the profession of nursing and was trained at Goulburn District Hospital. She was matron at several public hospitals and was at Cobar in 1914, when she enlisted for service in the First Great War. She served for four years in many theatres of war in France and Egypt and was an Anzac. After war service she returned to Australia as matron of Cobar for some years. She then transferred to Nyngan, but, later took up a private hospital at Clifton, Queensland. From there, she went to a private hospital at Ganmain. After eight years there she took up Bush Nursing and was in charge of several centres, including Bargo district, from where she retired and resided at Terrigal, where she made her home until her death. The funeral will take place at the Northern Suburbs Crematorium on Thursday.
Goulburn Evening Post Wednesday 06 June 1945 page 2
Submitted 16 February 2016 by Faithe Jones
Biography
Born Goulbum, NSW
Daughter of David and Emily BROADHEAD
Sister of Ethel Blanche WALPOLE
Enlisted 06 July 1915 at Goulburn, NSW
Embarked 15 July 1915
Appointment terminated 09 June 1919
Did not marry
Died 06 June 1945 in NSW
Buried Northern Suburbs Crematorium
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