- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE0516
Crittenden, Jean Hilda
(1906 – )- Born 16 February, 1906, Nhill Victoria Australia
- Occupation Matron, Servicewoman
Summary
Jean Crittenden began nursing in 1937 as a Bush Nursing Sister. Crittenden then served with the Australian Army Nursing Service between 1940 and 1946. Assistant Matron at the Repatriation General Hospital in Heidelberg from 1946 to 1955, she then became matron of Queensland’s Anzac Hostel and the Kenmore Sanatorium. Following this, from 1958 until 1971, Crittenden was Matron of the Repatriation General Hospital in Hobart from 1958 to 1971. In 1966, she received the honour of being appointed a Member to the Order of the British Empire in 1966.
Events
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1958 - 1971
Matron of the Repatriation General Hospital, Hobart
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1937 - 1939
Bush Nursing Sister
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1940 - 1946
Served with the Australian Army Nursing Service
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1946 - 1955
Assistant matron with the Repatriation General Hospital, Heidelberg
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1955 - 1958
Matron of the Anzac Hostel, Queensland and the Kenmore Sanatorium, Queensland
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2066 - 2066
Appointed Member to the Order of the British Empire
Published resources
- Edited Book
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Resource Section
- CRITTENDEN, JEAN HILDA, Department of Veterans' Affairs, 2002, http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/script/veteran.asp?ServiceID=A&VeteranID=457541
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Resource
- Trove: Crittenden, Jean Hilda (1906-), http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-759055