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Name
(FAMILY NAME, Other Names) |
O’BRIEN,
Elizabeth Eileen “Eileen” |
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Date
of Birth |
6
February 1900 |
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Place
of Birth |
Bagot
Well, South Australia (6km north east of Kapunda) |
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Date
of Death |
31 July 1953 |
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Place
of Death |
Adelaide
SA |
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Place
of Burial |
3 Aug
1953 in “new” Enfield Cemetery, Catholic Section Row K site 16 (buried
with sister) |
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Arrived
in South Australia (date/ship etc.) |
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Addresses/Dates
in Prospect Council Area |
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Addresses/Dates
outside Prospect Council Area |
12 May
Street, Sefton Park Kapunda
SA 1925, Snowtown SA 1928. |
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Names
of houses (if any) |
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Parents
- names; DOBs etc (if known) |
James
O’BRIEN (c1857 – 1928) Johannah
Mary HOGAN (c1866 – 1926) |
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Spouse(s)
- including maiden name; DOBs etc. (if known) |
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Date(s)
of Marriage(s) |
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Place(s)
of Marriage(s) |
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Children
- names and dates of birth/death if known |
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Education
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Passed Nurses Board Exam at Kapunda Hospital 1925 Passed surgical nursing exam Adelaide Hospital 1930 |
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Occupation(s) |
Nursing Sister. Served at Snowtown (c1928) Was running the Northern Hospital with Miss Whitfield in 1933 1934
Purchased Northern Hospital with a Mortgage and ran it with her sister,
Hannah until c1951. Matron
of Northern hospital (newspaper 1949 but probably much earlier) |
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Interests/Activities |
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Religion/Churches
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Catholic |
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Notes
(points of interest etc.) |
Most local hospitals had staff shortages during and after World
War II with nurses enlisting and then leaving to marry. Also nurses could
earn more as munition workers. There are many newspaper articles about these
shortages and the effect or Prospect Hospitals particular maternity services.
It is said that at times like these the dedication of the O'Brien sisters was
legendary. Accommodation was also a problem with beds being placed in
passages and on the wide verandahs. During
this period the Northern is said to be the only hospital between the city and
Gawler offering a wide range of medical and surgical services. It is said
that sailors from ships at Port Adelaide were treated there. The hospital was a well respected maternity hospital. The
Hospital became the Northern Community Hospital from 1952 |
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Cross-references
eg to siblings, parents, children |
Other
children listed at father’s death -
John O’Brien of Bagot’s Well SA, James O’Brien of Tarcoola Station
NSW, Mrs JJ Slattery of Snowtown SA, and Nurse O’Brien of Broken Hill NSW |
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Local
Government experience (if any) |
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Sources
of information |
Trove
newspapers, SA BDM, Land Titles, PLHG Hospital book |
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Principal
Researcher(s) |
David
Johnston and Lesley Attema |
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