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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2003-03-11 human Ailie Smith updated 2025-10-29 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P004411b.htm person Gray Ethel CBE RRC AACR2 24 April 1876 22 July 1962 Place of Birth Carlton, Victoria, Australia Place of Death Richmond, Victoria, Australia Nurse 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. 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 1915 Military service - Volunteered for the Australian Army Nursing Service 1915 1916 Military service - Matron at the Harefield Hospital in Middlesex, UK (later known as the 1st Australian Auxiliary Hospital) 1916 1916 Award - Royal Red Cross (RRC) 1919 1919 Award - Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) 1919 1920 Military service - Matron with the 1st Australian General Hospital in Sutton Veny, UK 1919 1920 Military service - Matron with the 2nd Australian General Hospital in Wimpereux, France 1920 1920 Award - Medaille de la Reconnaissance Francaise 1920 1939 Career position - Matron at Epworth Hospital, Victoria 1939 1939 Life event - Retired Australian Army Nursing Service (1902 - 1948) 1915 1920

Ethel Gray served in the Australian Army Nursing Service between 1915 and 1920.

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 Gray, Ethel (1876-1962)

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 'Gray, Ethel', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Gray, Ethel Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Gray, Ethel (1876-1962), nursing sister and army matron Lincoln, Merrilyn Gray, Ethel (1876-1962), nursing sister and army matron Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1983 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 9: 1891 - 1939 Gil-Las Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 84 Edited Book: Who's who in Australia 1944 Alexander, John A. Who's who in Australia 1944 12th Melbourne, Victoria The Herald and Weekly Times Ltd 1944 Ethel Gray, Portrait Australian War Memorial Research Centre Ethel Gray, Portrait 139514 31 August 1931 Black and white photograph of Ethel Gray, a voluntary worker at the returned nurses centre, numbering and cataloguing books for the Australian Comforts Fund for distribution to unit libraries. Photograph taken in Melbourne by the Herald Newspaper. Photograph Ethel Gray, Portrait Australian War Memorial Research Centre Ethel Gray, Portrait P00156.054 1916? Black and white photograph of Ethel Gray, Matron of the 2nd Australian General Hospital at Wimpereua, near Bologne, France Photograph Ethel Gray, Portrait Australian War Memorial Research Centre Ethel Gray, Portrait P02402.030 March 1918 Black and white photograph: informal portrait of Matron Ethel Gray, Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) in the garden of the Ville Roquebrune, Menton, France. Photograph Ethel Gray, Records Australian War Memorial Research Centre Ethel Gray, Records 2DRL/1326 1915 - 1917 Detailed and lengthy diaries maintained from the time of leaving Australia. Covers service at convalescent hospitals in England and France. 6 Items Ethel Gray, Records Australian War Memorial Research Centre Ethel Gray, Records PR84/023 1916 - 1920 Includes: 'The Evacuation of Anzac' a poem presented to Matron Gray by the author, N Harcourt Bowers; certificate for Medaille de la Reconnaissance Francaise 3rd Class; letter from General Birdwood congratulation Matron Gray on her CBE; and token of esteem from the 2nd Australian General Hospital. 4 Items