- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: IMP0247
Appleford, Alys (Alice) Ross
- MM, RRC
- Maiden name King, Alice Ross
- Born 5 August 1891, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
- Died 17 August 1968, Cronulla, New South Wales, Australia
- Occupation Nurse, Nursing administrator, Servicewoman
Summary
During World War I Alice Ross-King (as she was then known) was a Sister in the Australian Army Nursing Service. Mentioned twice in despatches, she was awarded the Military Medal on 28 September 1917 and the Royal Red Cross Medal on the 4 June 1918. She married Lieutenant-Colonel Sydney T Appleford of the Australian Army Medical Corps on 21 August 1919. They had four children. She assisted her husband in establishing a first-aid military unit and during the 1930s became involved with the Red Cross Voluntary Aid Detachments. Appleford enlisted in the Australian Army Medical Women’s Service during World War II. She was promoted to the rank of Major in September 1942 and awarded the Florence Nightingale medal by the International Red Cross in 1949.
Alice Appleford died on 17 August 1968 at Cronulla, Sydney and is buried in Fawkner Cemetery, Melbourne.
Events
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2008
Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women
Archival resources
- National Archives of Australia, Melbourne Office
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National Archives of Australia, National Office, Canberra
- APPLEFORD ALICE ROSS : Service Number - V500148 : Date of birth - 05 Aug 1891 : Place of birth - BALLARAT VIC : Place of enlistment - V A D HEADQUARTERS VIC : Next of Kin - APPLEFORD S
- ROSS-KING Alice : Service Number - Staff Nurse : Place of Birth - Ballarat VIC : Place of Enlistment - N/A : Next of Kin - (Mother) KING C H
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Australian War Memorial, Research Centre
- End of War Awards - submissions by [Quartermaster-General and Director-General of Medical Services]
- Major A.R. Appleford, RRC, MM, Assistant Controller, Australian Army Medical Women's Service inspecting the kits of members who are on draft to northern areas
- Her Excellency, Lady Zara Gowrie, wife of the Governor General of Australia, inspecting members of the Australian Army Medical Women's Service at the 115th Heidelberg Military Hospital
- Major A.R. Appleford, RRC, MM, Assistant Controller conducting a kit inspection of members of the Australian Army Medical Women's Service on draft for northern areas
- Officers at the Conference of Assistant and Deputy Assistant Controllers, Australian Army Medical Women's Service.
- Officers at the conference of Assistant and Deputy Assistant Controllers, Australian Army Medical Women's Service
- Major A.R. Appleford, RRC, MM, Assistant Controller, Australian Army Medical Women's Service, Victorian Lines of Communication Area
- Major A.R. Appleford, RRC, MM, with Captain P. Williamson, Australian Army Medical Women's Service
- The leaders of the Australian Red Cross Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD)
- Captain W. J. J. McGee, assisted by Major A. R. Appleford, member of the Red Cross, MM
- Captain W. J. J. McGee, assisted by Major A. R. Appleford, member of the Red Cross, MM
- Ross-King, Alice, MM (Sister, b.1887 - d.1968)
Digital resources
- Title: The leaders of the Australian Red Cross Voluntary Aid Detachment
- Type: Image
- Description: The leaders of the Australian Red Cross Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) VF500148 Major A. R. Appleford (nee Ross-King) RRC MM; Assistant Controller Australian Army Medical Womens Service (AAMWS) and Captain D. Townsend; Lieutenant M. Williamson give 'eyes right' as they pass the saluting base during the servicewomen's march through the city streets.
- Date: 3 May, 2023
- Title: IMP0247gb.jpg
- Type: Image
- Date: 3 May, 2023
Published resources
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Resource Section
- Ross-King, Alice (1891-1968), Finnie, Lorna M, 2006, http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A110467b.htm
- APPLEFORD, ALICE ROSS, Department of Veterans' Affairs, 2002, http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/script/veteran.asp?ServiceID=A&VeteranID=611355
- Edited Book
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Book
- Twentieth-Century Women of Courage, Escott, Beryl E, 1999
- Australian women at war, Adam-Smith, Patsy, 1984
- The Diggers : makers of the Australian military tradition, Coulthard-Clark, Chris, 1993
- Just wanted to be there : Australian Service Nurses 1899-1999, Reid, Richard, 1999
- Nightingales in the mud : the digger sisters of the Great War 1914 - 1918, Barker, Marianne, 1989
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Resource
- Where are the Women in Australian science?, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, 2003, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/wisa/wisa.html
- Trove