Constance Adelaide Stone

Constance Adelaide Stone (1879 – 28 May 1963) was an Australian nurse who served with the Australian Imperial Force in World War I and later joined the Northern Territory medical service.

World War I service Stone was born in 1879, in Berrima, New South Wales, to Henry and Augusta Stone and her father worked for the postal service. Little is known of Stone's early life but in November 1914, at age 35, she enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force and embarked from Sydney on 28 November 1914 on the HMAT A55 Kyarra.

She returned to Australia in August 1919 and was discharged on 25 October 1919 and spent a brief period working at a private hospital in Orange before relocating to the Northern Territory. In August 1928, she was appointed as the matron of the Darwin public clinic.

In 1929, she also became involved in medical school inspections throughout the Northern Territory to record height, weight, age and sex at school; she would also do tests for infestations such as hookworm. The schools in this program included those in Darwin, Pine Creek, Katherine and Alice Springs and also involved work in more remote areas. In this work she began to work closely with Clyde Fenton. Stone was one of the first nurses to receive this award and was among a record amount of women who received them that year. The Australian Women's Weekly stated:

Stone retired at the age of 60, in 1939, and left the Northern Territory.

Legacy The following locations are named for Stone:

Constance Court, in Moulden, Northern Territory. Stone Park, in Moulden, Northern Territory.