Ada Rundell

Ada Rundell
Ada Rundell in uniform
Born
Ada Sophia Rundell

1 January 1876
Ballarat, Australia
Died1936
Brisbane
NationalityAustralian
Known forPromoting physiotherapy in the Australian army
RelativesWilliam Rundell (father)
Medical career
ProfessionPhysiotherapist

Ada Sophia Rundell (1 January 1876 - 1936), was an Australian physiotherapist who before the First World War promoted the use of physiotherapy by the military, and who subsequently served with the Australian Imperial Force in France and England during the conflict.[1][2]

Early life and education

Ada Sophia Rundell was born on 1 January 1876 in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, to William Reeve Rundell and his wife Agnes.[3]

Career

She gained the Australasian Massage Association's qualification.[3]

Personal and family

In 1921 she married a soldier 12 years elder to her and who was suffering from tuberculosis. He died two years later.[4]

Death

Rundell died in Wynnum, a suburb of Brisbane, in 1963.[3] Her life was selected to be part of the East Melbourne Historical Society's Great War project.[4]

References

  1. ^ "First World War Embarkation Roll - Ada Sophia Rundell". Australian War Memorial. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  2. ^ McMeeken, Joan (2015). "Australian Physiotherapists in the First World War". Health and History. 17 (2): 52–75. doi:10.5401/healthhist.17.2.0052. ISSN 1442-1771.
  3. ^ a b c "RUNDELL, Ada Sophia". emhs.org.au. East Melbourne Historical Society. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  4. ^ a b Scarfe, Janet (November 2017). "Mixed Fortunes: The Postwar Lives of East Melbourne's Great 256 War Nurses" (PDF). Victorian Historical Journal. 88 (288). Royal Historical Society of Victoria: 256–264. ISSN 1030-7710.


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