| Irene Drummond | |
| Birth Date: | 26 July 1905 |
| Birth Place: | Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia |
| Death Place: | Bangka Island, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) |
| Allegiance: | Australia |
| Branch: | Second Australian Imperial Force |
| Serviceyears: | 1940–1942 |
| Rank: | Matron |
| Servicenumber: | SFX10594 |
| Unit: | Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps |
| Battles: | Second World War |
| Awards: | Mentioned in Despatches |
Matron Irene Melville Drummond (26 July 1905 – 16 February 1942) was an Australian Army nurse during the Second World War. She was the most senior-ranking among the 22 Australian nurses killed in the Bangka Island massacre on 16 February 1942.[1] [2]
Drummond was posthumously mentioned in despatches in 1946 "for gallant and distinguished service in Malaya in 1942".[3] Her last recorded words, uttered in a whisper as she and her colleagues were being marched into the sea to be shot, were "Chin up, girls. I'm proud of you and I love you all."