Elsie Clare Pidgeon, ARRC (28 September 1879 – 4 July 1956) was an Australian army nurse and hospital matron.

She was the eldest daughter of Emily Louisa (née Cobcroft) and shipping clerk Thomas Pidgeon.

[4] She was the Associate Royal Red Cross in 1918 and presented with its ribbon by General Sir William Birdwood.

[5] After returning to Australia in July 1919,[3] Pidgeon resumed work at Sydney Hospital and in 1922 she was promoted to assistant matron.

[8] In 1952 she presided over the annual reunion of nurses trained at Sydney Hospital, a tradition stretching back to shortly after the First World War.