Adelaide Kellett
Adelaide Kellett became Matron of the Sydney Hospital in 1921 after serving in World War 1 as an army nurse. She was President of the Australasian Trained Nurses Association 1929-1930, 1933-1934, 1937 and 1941-1942.
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