KEAREY, Elizabeth
| Service Number: | N60135 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 21 November 1914, also served WW2 - 29 years of military service |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Nursing Service WW2 (<1943) |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 25 August 1882 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Trained Nurse |
| Died: | St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia, 1968, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Nov 1914: | Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, also served WW2 - 29 years of military service | |
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| 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: '' | |
| 28 Nov 1914: | Embarked 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF, HMAT Kyarra, Sydney | |
| 2 Mar 1918: | Involvement Sea Transport Staff, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Ormonde embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 2 Mar 1918: | Embarked Sea Transport Staff, SS Ormonde, Sydney |
World War 2 Service
| 16 Oct 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant Colonel, N60135, Australian Army Nursing Service WW2 (<1943) | |
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| 6 Jan 1944: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant Colonel, N60135, Australian Army Nursing Service WW2 (<1943) |
MATRON KEARY RETIRES
MATRON KEARY RETIRES
29 Years' Service
For Soldiers
The principal matron of the Australian Army Nursing Service in New South Wales, Miss Elizabeth Kearey, will retire from the Army on October 22, after 29 years' service.
Immediately after leaving the A.A.N.S., Matron Kearey will join the staff of the Man-power Directorate, where she will be associated with Matron Dickson, matron advising man-power authorities, on general nursing and hospital problems.
Matron Kearey. who trained at St. Vincent's Hospital, has had a distinguished career, most of it spent in the service of men of the A.I.F. She enlisted in November, 1914, and left Australia with the first A.G.H. She served in Egypt. France, and England, and after bringing wounded from England in 1917 served another term overseas before returning to Australia in January, 1919.
Principal matron in New South Wales since 1936. Matron Kearey was called up again for active service on October 16, 1939. She represented the New South Wales Army nursesat, the Coronation ceremonies in London.
Matron Kearey's life has been devoted to soldiers, and she is an honoured member of the Returned Soldiers' League.
Late yesterday afternoon, Matron Kearey was guest of honour at an informal farewell party at the officers' mess at Victoria Barracks.
Successor to Matron Kearey is the former principal matron of the Northern Territory. Miss Edith McQuade.
The Sydney Morning Herald Saturday 09 October 1943 page 11
Submitted 10 March 2016 by Faithe Jones
Busy Head of Army Nursing Service
She served in Egypt with No. 2 Australian General Hospital, and near the end of the war was attached to No. 7 sea transport section.
Miss Kearey, of New South Wales, is assistant matron of the Prince of Wales Military Hospital at Randwick and served for the four years of the war in Egypt, France and England.
Busy Head of Army Nursing Service
ONE of the busiest women in Sydney since the outbreak of war has been Matron E. Kearey, head of the Australian Army Nursing Service.
Although there has been no official call up of nurses, Matron Kearey has been in attendance at Victoria Barracks to supervise the enrolling of nurses who have flocked to put their names down for war service.
Matron Kearey had a distinguished nursing service record in the last war. She served with the Australian army nurses both in France and Egypt, and on her return to Sydney she was appointed to the nursing staff at Randwick Military Hospital. At the time of the Coronation she accompanied the Australian contingent to England.
For the past 18 months she has been matron at the Lady Davidson Home for Returned Soldiers.
The Women's Weekly Saturday 23 September 1939 page 45
Submitted 10 March 2016 by Faithe Jones
Biography contributed by Kirsty Harris
MATRON KEAREY RETIRES
29 Years' Service For Soldiers
The principal matron of the Australian Army Nursing Service in New South Wales, Miss Elizabeth Kearey, will retire from the Army on October 22, after 29 years' service.
Immediately after leaving the A.A.N.S., Matron Kearey will join the staff of the Manpower Directorate, where she will be associated with Matron Dickson, matron advising manpower authorities, on general nursing and hospital problems.
Matron Kearey, who trained at St. Vincent's Hospital in Sydney (Nov 1905-Nov 1908), has had a distinguished career, most of it spent in the service of men of the A.I.F. She enlisted in November, 1914, and left Australia with the first A.G.H. She served in Egypt, France, and England, and. after bringing wounded from England in 1917 served another term overseas before returning to Australia in January, 1919.
She became sub matron at the Randwick Military Hospital - 4AGH. Principal matron in New South Wales since 1936, in 1938 she served as matron at the Lady Davidson Home for Soldiers.
Matron Kearey was called up again for active service on October 16, 1939. She represented the New South Wales Army nurses at the Coronation ceremonies in London.
Matron Kearey's life has been devoted to soldiers, and she is an honoured member of the Returned Soldiers' League.
Late yesterday afternoon, Matron Kearey was guest of honour at an informal farewell party at the officers' mess at Victoria Barracks.
She became a member of the Australasian Trained Nurses’ Association (ATNA) Council in August 1947.
Sources: Dr Kirsty Harris database; Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Saturday 9 October 1943, page 11.
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