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Name
(FAMILY NAME, Other Names) |
O’BRIEN, Hannah Catherine |
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Date
of Birth |
15 May
1896 |
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Place
of Birth |
Ryelands
South Australia, near Tarlee |
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Date
of Death |
24 May
1968 (aged 72) |
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Place
of Death |
Prospect
hospital (unknown which one) |
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Place
of Burial |
Enfield
Memorial Park, 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 from 1962 Kapunda
SA Broken
Hill in late 1920’s and early 1930s |
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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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Bagot’s
Well School (c1910) Passed
a Midwifery Exam in NSW 1931 |
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Occupation(s) |
Nursing
sister. Served at Broken Hill at least 1928 to 1931 From
1934 had purchased and was running the Northern (later Community) Hospital
with her sister Eileen until c1951. |
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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. 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 Sister
O’Brien of Snowtown SA |
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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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