• Entry type: Person
  • Entry ID: AWE0516

Crittenden, Jean Hilda

  • MBE
  • Married name Allen, Jean
(1906 – 1991)
  • Born 16 February 1906, Nhill, Victoria, Australia
  • Died 14 March 1991, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
  • Occupation Matron, Servicewoman

Summary

Jean Crittenden began nursing in 1937 as a Bush Nursing Sister. Crittenden then served with the Australian Army Nursing Service between 1940 and 1946. Assistant Matron at the Repatriation General Hospital in Heidelberg from 1946 to 1955, she then became matron of Queensland’s Anzac Hostel and the Kenmore Sanatorium. Following this, from 1958 until 1971, Crittenden was Matron of the Repatriation General Hospital in Hobart from 1958 to 1971. In 1966, she received the honour of being appointed a Member to the Order of the British Empire.

Events

  • 1958 - 1971

    Matron of the Repatriation General Hospital, Hobart

  • 1937 - 1939

    Bush Nursing Sister

  • 1940 - 1946

    Served with the Australian Army Nursing Service

  • 1946 - 1955

    Assistant matron with the Repatriation General Hospital, Heidelberg

  • 1955 - 1958

    Matron of the Anzac Hostel, Queensland and the Kenmore Sanatorium, Queensland

  • 1966

    Appointed Member to the Order of the British Empire

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  • Related Organisations
    • Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) (1902 - 1948)