- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE0515
Adderley, Vera May
- MBE, FCNA, DipNA
- Born 1915, Werris Creek New South Wales Australia
- Died 1984, New South Wales Australia
- Occupation Matron, Servicewoman
Summary
Vera Adderley worked at the Dubbo and Crown Street Hospitals before serving with the Royal Australian Air Force Nursing Service from 1941 to 1947. She joined the Parramatta Hospital in 1955 and in 1962 she was appointed Assistant Matron at the Prince Henry Hospital. Adderley became Director of Nursing Services at the Prince Henry and Prince of Wales Hospitals in 1966. She was also a council member of the College of Nursing New South Wales, the Australasian Trained Nurses’ Association and the Matrons’ Institute of New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory. In 1978, Adderley was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire and a building is named in her honour on the Randwick Hospitals Campus.
Events
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1966
Director of Nursing Services at the Prince Henry and Prince of Wales Hospitals, Sydney
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1934 - 1938
With Dubbo Hospital
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1939
With Crown Street Hospital
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1941 - 2047
Served with the Royal Australian Air Force Nursing Service
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1955 - 1962
With Parramatta Hospital
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1962 - 1966
Assistant matron at the Prince Henry Hospital
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1965
Council member of the College of Nursing New South Wales
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1966
Council member of the Matrons’ Institute of New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory
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1966
Council member of the Australasian Trained Nurses’ Association
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1978
Appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Archival resources
- National Archives of Australia, National Office, Canberra
- National Library of Australia, Oral History and Folklore Collection
- National Library of Australia
Digital resources
Published resources
- Edited Book
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Resource Section
- ADDERLEY, VERA MAY, Department of Veterans' Affairs, 2002, http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/script/veteran.asp?ServiceID=R&VeteranID=1068853
- Book
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Resource
- Trove: Adderley, Vera May (1915-), http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-742082