Crittenden, Jean Hilda (1906 - )

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

1937 - 1939	Bush Nursing Sister
1940 - 1946	Served with the Australian Army Nursing Service
1946 - 1955	Assistant matron with the Repatriation General Hospital, Heidelberg
1955 - 1958	Matron of the Anzac Hostel, Queensland and the Kenmore Sanatorium, Queensland
1958 - 1971	Matron of the Repatriation General Hospital, Hobart
1 January 1966	Appointed Member to the Order of the British Empire

Related Corporate Bodies

• Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) (1903 - 1948)

  Service no: VX47774

  [1940 - 1946]

Online Resources

• Department of Veterans' Affairs, 'CRITTENDEN, JEAN HILDA', in World War 2 Nominal Roll, 2002, http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/script/veteran.asp?ServiceID=A&VeteranID=457541. [ Details... ]

See also

• Legge, J S (ed.), Who's who in Australia, 1971, 20 edn, The Herald and Weekly Times, Melbourne, 1971, 1024 pp. [ Details... ]