Kellett, Adelaide Maud

On 3 June 1919, Matron Adelaide Maud Kellett was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (Military) for nursing service in World War I. Kellett had been twice mentioned in despatches during the war. She was awarded the Red Cross Medal (23 February 1917), and the Florence Nightingale Medal.

Returning to Sydney, Kellet nursed at the No. 4 Australian General Hospital in Randwick (New South Wales) in 1920. She was the first matron with the Department of Repatriation Hospitals in New South Wales. From 1920 to 1926 she was principal matron of the Australian Army Nursing Service 2nd Military Base in Sydney. Kellet retired in 1944 after 23 years as matron at the Sydney Hospital.

Chronology

1914 - 1916	Matron of the Choubrah Hospital, Egypt
1916 - 1917	Matron of the No. 2 Australian Army Hospital, Southall England
1917 - 1919	Matron of the No. 25 General Hospital, Hardelot France
23 February 1917	Awarded the Royal Red Cross Medal
3 June 1919 -	Appointed Commander (Military) of the Order of the British Empire
1920	Matron of the No. 4 Australian General Hospital, Randwick NSW
1920 - 1926	Principal Matron of the Australian Army Nursing Service 2nd Military Base, Sydney
1921 - 1944	Matron of Sydney Hospital

Related Corporate Bodies

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

See also

• Alexander, Joseph A (ed.), Who's who in Australia 1944, 12 edn, The Herald and Weekly Times, Melbourne, 1944, 906 pp. [ Details... ]
• Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, 'Where are the Women in Australian science?', 22 August 2003, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/wisa/wisa.html. [ Details... ]
• Barker, Marianne, Nightingales in the mud : the digger sisters of the Great War 1914 - 1918, Allen & Unwin, North Sydney, 1989, 205 pp. [ Details... ]