Rose Ann Creal, RRC (3 November 1865 – 7 August 1921) was a decorated Australian nurse of the First World War.

Recognizing the quality and potential of her young assistant, the matron arranged for Creal to be taken on as a probationer at Sydney Hospital.

Her appointment was confirmed in February 1899 and later that year she became a founding member and councillor of the Trained Nurses' Association of New South Wales.

[2] On 14 August 1916, Matron Creal enlisted for war service overseas, nominating her sister Elizabeth (‘Bessie’) as her next of kin.

[9] In August and September 1919 she completed an elocution course and tour of hospitals in England and Scotland "with the view of becoming conversant in the latest methods employed in these countries".

[3] Sydney Hospital established the Rose Creal Medal in her honour; it is the highest award for students of the Lucy Osborn School of Nursing.

Creal's coffin was mounted on a gun carriage and draped with the Union Jack, with her nurse's cap on top.