Notes for Kathleen Elizabeth Mary DUNNE

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Notes for Kathleen Elizabeth Mary DUNNE

Information received from Peter Murray in 1997 shows that Kathleen Elizabeth Mary Dunne, "Kit," born April 25, 1862, in Melbourne, Australia, died April 27, 1936, in Johannesburg. She was a daughter of Captain John Joseph Dunne (see DUNNE family) and was a sister of nursing at St. Bartholomew's Hospital in London before her marriage. During the Boer War both she and her husband were invested by Queen Victoria with the Order of St. John of Jerusalem in recognition of their medical services during the conflict. A symbolic British flag made in secret by Kathleen prior to the British entry to Johannesburg was hung above the throne on the coronation of King Edward in 1901. She was a nurse before and after her marriage and was a daughter of Captain John Joseph Dunne, an Irishman who had been a close collaborator and supporter of Isaac Butt in the "Home Rule" Movement.

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