Biographical entry Gray, Ethel (1876 - 1962)

Summary

Ethel Gray enlisted in the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS), Australian Imperial Force, on 9 February 1915 as matron. Ten days later she embarked for England. Over the subsequent five years Gray was matron of several hospitals in England and France, returning to Australia in 1920.

Details

Events

March 1900 - March 1903

Education - Nursing training at the Melbourne Hospital

March 1903 - 1908

Career position - Member of staff at the Melbourne Hospital

1908 - July 1909

Career position - Matron at the Queen's Memorial Infectious Diseases Hospital in Fairfield, Victoria

July 1909 - February 1911

Career position - House Matron at the Melbourne Hospital

February 1911 - January 1913

Career position - Lady Superintendent at the Melbourne Hospital

January 1913 - 1915

Career position - Matron at the Perth Public Hospital

1915

Career position - Volunteered for the Australian Army Nursing Service

1915 - 1916

Career position - Matron at the Harefield Hospital in Middlesex, UK (later known as the 1st Australian Auxiliary Hospital)

1916

Award - Royal Red Cross (RRC) received

1919

Award - Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

1919 - 1920

Career position - Matron with the 1st Australian General Hospital in Sutton Veny, UK

1919 - 1920

Career position - Matron with the 2nd Australian General Hospital in Wimpereux, France

1920

Award - Medaille de la Reconnaissance Francaise

1920 - 1939

Career position - Matron at Epworth Hospital, Victoria

1939

Life event - Retired

Archival resources

Australian War Memorial Research Centre

• Ethel Gray, Portrait, March 1918, P02402.030; Australian War Memorial Research Centre. Details
• Ethel Gray, Portrait, 1916?, P00156.054; Australian War Memorial Research Centre. Details
• Ethel Gray, Portrait, 31 August 1931, 139514; Australian War Memorial Research Centre. Details
• Ethel Gray, Records, 1916 - 1920, PR84/023; Australian War Memorial Research Centre. Details
• Ethel Gray, Records, 1915 - 1917, 2DRL/1326; Australian War Memorial Research Centre. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

• Lincoln, Merrilyn, 'Gray, Ethel (1876-1962), nursing sister and army matron', in Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 9, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1983, p. 84. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A090086b.htm. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Gray, Ethel', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1470147. Details

See also

• Alexander, John A. (ed.), Who's Who in Australia 1944, vol. 12, The Herald and Weekly Times Ltd, Melbourne, 1944, 906 pp. Details