Nellie Gould

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Matron Ellen Julia Gould, (1860-1941) Army Nursing Service Reserve, served during Boer War and WWI

Ellen Julia Gould (29 March 1860 - 19 July 1941) was an Australian nurse. She was the first lady superintendent of the Army Nursing Service Reserve, attached to the New South Wales Army Medical Corps, from 1899, and served in this role during the Boer War. After operating a private hospital for several years, she then served in World War I as matron of No.2 Australian General Hospital, both in Egypt and in France.[1][2][3][4]

She was played by in the 2014 miniseries ANZAC Girls.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ "Gould, Ellen Julia (Nellie) (1860–1941)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Ellen (Nellie) Julia Gould, Principal Matron & World War I Servicewoman (1860-1941)". Museum Victoria. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  3. ^ "Superintendent (later Principal Matron RRC) Julia Gould". The Australian Boer War Memorial. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  4. ^ McCullagh, Catherine (2010). Willingly Into the Fray: One Hundred Years of Australian Army Nursing. Big Sky Publishing. ISBN 9780980658262.
  5. ^ "ANZAC Girls". IMDB. Retrieved 10 February 2018.

Further reading[]

  • Rees, Peter (2014). Anzac Girls. Crows Nest, NSW, Australia: Allen & Urwin. ISBN 978-1-74331-982-6.
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