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Name (FAMILY NAME, Other Names)

O’BRIEN,  Hannah Catherine

Date of Birth

15 May 1896

Place of Birth

Ryelands South Australia,  near Tarlee

Date of Death

24 May 1968 (aged 72)

Place of Death

Prospect hospital (unknown which one)

Place of Burial

Enfield Memorial Park, Catholic Section  Row K site 16 (buried with sister)

Arrived in South Australia (date/ship etc.)

 

Addresses/Dates in Prospect Council Area

 

Addresses/Dates outside Prospect Council Area

12 May Street, Sefton Park from 1962

Kapunda SA

Broken Hill in late 1920’s and early 1930s

Names of houses (if any)

 

Parents - names; DOBs etc (if known)

James O’BRIEN (c1857 – 1928)

Johannah Mary HOGAN (c1866 – 1926)

Spouse(s) - including maiden name; DOBs etc. (if known)

 

Date(s) of Marriage(s)

 

Place(s) of Marriage(s)

 

Children - names and dates of birth/death if known

 

Education

Bagot’s Well School (c1910)

Passed a Midwifery Exam in NSW 1931

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.

Interests/Activities

 

Religion/Churches

Catholic

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

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

Local Government experience (if any)

 

Sources of information

Trove newspapers, SA BDM, Land Titles, PLHG Hospital book

Principal Researcher(s)

David Johnston and Lesley Attema

 

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