Adderley, Vera May (1915-)

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Matron and Servicewoman
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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.

  • 1934 - 1938 With Dubbo Hospital
  • 1939 With Crown Street Hospital
  • 1941 - 10 October 1947 Served with the Royal Australian Air Force Nursing Service
  • 1955 - 1962 With Parramatta Hospital
  • 1962 - 1966 Assistant matron at the Prince Henry Hospital
  • 1965 Council member of the College of Nursing New South Wales
  • 1966 Council member of the Australasian Trained Nurses' Association
  • 1966 Council member of the Matrons' Institute of New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory
  • 1966 Director of Nursing Services at the Prince Henry and Prince of Wales Hospitals, Sydney
  • 30 December 1978 Appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

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  1. ADDERLEY, VERA MAYWorld War 2 Nominal Roll Department of Veterans' Affairs : ADDERLEY, VERA MAY
    Department of Veterans' Affairs
    [2002]
    Series: http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/script/veteran.asp?ServiceID=R&VeteranID=1068853
  2. Story of the RAAF nursing service : 1940-1990
    Halstead, Gay.
    [1994]
    Published: Nungurner Press
  3. Who's who in Australia, 1971
    Legge, J S
    [1971]
    Published: The Herald and Weekly Times
  4. Who's who in Australia 1968
    Legge, J S
    [1968]
    Published: The Herald and Weekly Times

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