Kathleen Hope Barnes: Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
m Disambiguating links to MBE (link changed to Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire; link changed to Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) using DisamAssist. |
m Moving Category:Associate Members of the Royal Red Cross to Category:Associate members of the Royal Red Cross per Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Speedy |
||
| (11 intermediate revisions by 8 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{Short description|Australian nurse (1909–1981)}} |
|||
{{Infobox person |
{{Infobox person |
||
| name = Kathleen Hope Barnes |
| name = Kathleen Hope Barnes |
||
| Line 7: | Line 8: | ||
| birth_date = May 19, 1909 |
| birth_date = May 19, 1909 |
||
| birth_place = [[Cottesloe]] |
| birth_place = [[Cottesloe]] |
||
| death_date = |
| death_date = {{death date and age |1981|07|04|1909|05|19|mf=yes}} |
||
| death_place = [[Nedlands]] |
| death_place = [[Nedlands]] |
||
| death_cause = |
| death_cause = |
||
| Line 26: | Line 27: | ||
| nationality = [[Australia]] |
| nationality = [[Australia]] |
||
}} |
}} |
||
'''Kathleen Hope Barnes''' [[Royal Red Cross|ARRC]] [[Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire|MBE]] (May 19, 1909 – July 4, 1981) was an |
'''Kathleen Hope Barnes''' [[Royal Red Cross|ARRC]] [[Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire|MBE]] (May 19, 1909 – July 4, 1981) was an Australian nurse who was promoted to captain in the [[Australian Army Nursing Service]] during the second world war. She was mention in dispatches and was honoured by the [[Red Cross]] and with an [[Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire|MBE]]. |
||
==Life== |
==Life== |
||
Barnes was born in [[Cottesloe]] in 1909. Her parents were Scottish born Agnes Kirkwood (born Burns |
Barnes was born in [[Cottesloe]] in 1909. Her parents were Scottish born Agnes Kirkwood (born Burns) and her husband who was the Irish born James Barnes. Her father kept a shop. She was educated in the Perth suburb of Claremont at the [[Methodist Ladies' College, Perth|Methodist Ladies' College]].<ref name="karb">{{Citation |last=Oppenheimer |first=Melanie |title=Barnes, Kathleen Hope (1909–1981) |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/barnes-kathleen-hope-12178 |work=Australian Dictionary of Biography |access-date=2023-09-19 |place=Canberra |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University |language=en}}</ref> |
||
In 1939 war was being declared in Britain and France and Barnes joined the [[Australian Army Nursing Service]]. In April 1940 she was in the first group of Western Australian nurses to be sent overseas when she left Fremantle on the ''Nevassa''.<ref name=ww>{{Cite web |title=Australian Women and War |url=https://anzacportal.dva.gov.au/resources/australian-women-and-war |access-date=19 September 2023 |website=Anzac portal}}</ref> |
In 1939 war was being declared in Britain and France and Barnes joined the [[Australian Army Nursing Service]]. In April 1940 she was in the first group of Western Australian nurses to be sent overseas when she left Fremantle on the ''Nevassa''.<ref name=ww>{{Cite web |title=Australian Women and War |url=https://anzacportal.dva.gov.au/resources/australian-women-and-war |access-date=19 September 2023 |website=Anzac portal}}</ref> |
||
[[File:First nursing sisters of the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) to arrive in New Britain.jpg|thumb|left|First nursing sisters of the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) to arrive in New Britain]] |
[[File:First nursing sisters of the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) to arrive in New Britain.jpg|thumb|left|First nursing sisters of the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) to arrive in New Britain]] |
||
In October 1942 she was in [[Port Moresby]] where she joined the [[105th Casualty Clearing Station]]. She was a staff nurse |
In October 1942 she was in [[Port Moresby]] where she joined the [[105th Casualty Clearing Station]]. She was a staff nurse and in the following March she became a lieutenant, and in August she was a captain. In November 1944 the Australian forces [[Landing at Jacquinot Bay|landed in Jacquinot Bay]]. In February 1945 she led the first few nurses to arrive in [[Jacquinot Bay]]<ref name="ww" /> who were the first on the island of [[New Britain]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jacquinot Bay, New Britain. Captain Kathleen Hope Barnes of Nedlands, WA, was in charge of the ... |url=https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C366373 |access-date=2023-09-19 |website=www.awm.gov.au |language=en}}</ref> |
||
In 1947 she was [[mentioned in dispatches]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kathleen Hope Barnes |url=https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R1573507 |access-date=2023-09-19 |website=www.awm.gov.au |language=en}}</ref> and she became an [[Royal Red Cross|associate of the Royal Red Cross]].<ref name=karb/> In the same year she joined the [[Silver Chain District and Bush Nursing Association]] where she was promoted until she was metropolitan nursing superintendent in 1955. She left ten years later after overseeing an expansion in the work. In 1958 she was the founding treasurer of the War Nurses’ Memorial Association.<ref name=karb/> |
In 1947 she was [[mentioned in dispatches]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kathleen Hope Barnes |url=https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R1573507 |access-date=2023-09-19 |website=www.awm.gov.au |language=en}}</ref> and she became an [[Royal Red Cross|associate of the Royal Red Cross]].<ref name=karb/> In the same year she joined the [[Silver Chain District and Bush Nursing Association]] where she was promoted until she was metropolitan nursing superintendent in 1955. She left ten years later after overseeing an expansion in the work. In 1958 she was the founding treasurer of the War Nurses’ Memorial Association.<ref name=karb/> |
||
| Line 40: | Line 42: | ||
==References== |
==References== |
||
{{ |
{{Reflist}} |
||
{{Authority control}} |
|||
{{DEFAULTSORT:Barnes, Kathleen Hope}} |
{{DEFAULTSORT:Barnes, Kathleen Hope}} |
||
| Line 46: | Line 50: | ||
[[Category:1981 deaths]] |
[[Category:1981 deaths]] |
||
[[Category:People from Perth, Western Australia]] |
[[Category:People from Perth, Western Australia]] |
||
[[Category: |
[[Category:World War II nurses]] |
||
[[Category:Australian women nurses]] |
|||
[[Category:Australian nurses]] |
|||
[[Category:Associate members of the Royal Red Cross]] |
|||
[[Category:Australian Members of the Order of the British Empire]] |
|||
Latest revision as of 09:21, 13 September 2024
Kathleen Hope Barnes | |
|---|---|
,_nurse_(cropped).jpg) | |
| Born | May 19, 1909 |
| Died | July 4, 1981 (aged 72) |
| Nationality | Australia |
| Education | Methodist Ladies' College |
| Occupation | nurse |
Kathleen Hope Barnes ARRC MBE (May 19, 1909 – July 4, 1981) was an Australian nurse who was promoted to captain in the Australian Army Nursing Service during the second world war. She was mention in dispatches and was honoured by the Red Cross and with an MBE.
Life
[edit]Barnes was born in Cottesloe in 1909. Her parents were Scottish born Agnes Kirkwood (born Burns) and her husband who was the Irish born James Barnes. Her father kept a shop. She was educated in the Perth suburb of Claremont at the Methodist Ladies' College.[1]
In 1939 war was being declared in Britain and France and Barnes joined the Australian Army Nursing Service. In April 1940 she was in the first group of Western Australian nurses to be sent overseas when she left Fremantle on the Nevassa.[2]
_to_arrive_in_New_Britain.jpg)
In October 1942 she was in Port Moresby where she joined the 105th Casualty Clearing Station. She was a staff nurse and in the following March she became a lieutenant, and in August she was a captain. In November 1944 the Australian forces landed in Jacquinot Bay. In February 1945 she led the first few nurses to arrive in Jacquinot Bay[2] who were the first on the island of New Britain.[3]
In 1947 she was mentioned in dispatches[4] and she became an associate of the Royal Red Cross.[1] In the same year she joined the Silver Chain District and Bush Nursing Association where she was promoted until she was metropolitan nursing superintendent in 1955. She left ten years later after overseeing an expansion in the work. In 1958 she was the founding treasurer of the War Nurses’ Memorial Association.[1]
Barnes died in Nedlands in 1981.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Oppenheimer, Melanie, "Barnes, Kathleen Hope (1909–1981)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 2023-09-19
- ^ a b "Australian Women and War". Anzac portal. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ "Jacquinot Bay, New Britain. Captain Kathleen Hope Barnes of Nedlands, WA, was in charge of the ..." www.awm.gov.au. Retrieved 2023-09-19.
- ^ "Kathleen Hope Barnes". www.awm.gov.au. Retrieved 2023-09-19.
