Rose Adelaide Wiles (1876 - 1905)

Born 22 Nov 1876 in Berrima, New South Wales, Australia

Died 12 Jun 1905 at age 28 in Maryborough, Queensland, Australia

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Biography

Rose Wiles was born in the Colony of New South Wales (1788-1900)

Rose Adelaide Wiles was born in 1876 in Berrima, Colony of New South Wales, Australia.

She was the daughter of Rev. Charles Wiles and Mary Ann Bell.

Rose was a nurse and was working at the Maryborough Hospital during Australia's only outbreak of pneumonic plague in 1905.

Nurses Cecilia Elizabeth Bauer (1883-1905) and Rose Wiles courageously volunteered to nurse victims of the plague. Whilst looking after their patients both nurses fell ill and died from the deadly disease.

Rose passed away in 1905.

In 1966 a memorial was erected to commemorate the two nurses in Maryborough, Queensland, Australia. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ https://monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/disaster/plagues/display/91951-cecilia-bauer-and-rose-wiles/photo/1

• Birth Index (NSW Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages : accessed 13 Feb 2024), Index entry for WILES ROSE A; Parents: CHARLES & MARY ANN; District: BERRIMA; Registration Number: 8523/1877

• Death Registration Index, The State of Queensland, Department of Justice and Attorney-General, Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages; index entry for Rose Adelaide Wiles, Death date: 12 Jun 1905, Father: Charles Wiles, Mother: Mary Ann Bell, Registration Number: 1905/C/2842; Link to Record : accessed 13 Feb 2024

see also

• Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
  Find A Grave: Memorial #195083144 (accessed 13 February 2024)
  Memorial page for Rose Adelaide Wiles (1876-12 Jun 1905), citing Maryborough Cemetery, Maryborough, Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia (plot: Monumental C Plot 609); Maintained by BB (contributor 49825097).