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.

Early life and education

Ada Sophia Rundell was born on 1 January 1876 in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, to

William Reeve Rundell William Reeve Rundell, sometimes Reeves, (10 July 1848 – 6 or 8 March 1936) was an Australian postal officer. He was born in England but emigrated to Australia with his family while still a child. He obtained employment in the Victorian post ...

and his wife Agnes.

Career

She gained the Australasian Massage Association's qualification.

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.

Death

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

References

1876 births 1936 deaths Physiotherapists Australian women of World War I {{Australia-mil-bio-stub