Nellie Gould Explained

Nellie Gould
Birth Date:29 March 1860
Birth Place:Aberystruth, Wales
Death Place:Neutral Bay, New South Wales, Australia
Allegiance:Colony of New South Wales
Australia
Branch:New South Wales Military Forces
Australian Army
Serviceyears:1899–1919
Rank:Matron
Unit:2nd New South Wales Army Medical Corps Contingent
Australian Army Nursing Service
Battles:Second Boer War
First World War
Awards:Royal Red Cross

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 Second Boer War. She and Sister Julia Bligh Johnston operated Ermelo Private Hospital at Newtown, Sydney, for several years.

Gould served in the First World War as matron of No. 2 Australian General Hospital, both in Egypt and in France.[1] [2] [3] [4] She was awarded a Royal Red Cross in 1916.[5]

Gould was played by Rhondda Findleton in the 2014 miniseries ANZAC Girls.[6]

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gould, Ellen Julia (Nellie) (1860–1941) . National Centre of Biography . Australian Dictionary of Biography . 10 February 2018.
  2. Web site: Ellen (Nellie) Julia Gould, Principal Matron & World War I Servicewoman (1860–1941) . Museum Victoria . 10 February 2018.
  3. Web site: Superintendent (later Principal Matron RRC) Julia Gould . The Australian Boer War Memorial . 10 February 2018.
  4. Book: Willingly Into the Fray: One Hundred Years of Australian Army Nursing . Big Sky Publishing . McCullagh, Catherine . 2010. 9780980658262 .
  5. Web site: Project . Australian Women's Archives . Faith, Hope, Charity - Australian Women and Imperial Honours - Browse Award - The Royal Red Cross . 2024-06-01 . www.womenaustralia.info . en-gb.
  6. Web site: ANZAC Girls . IMDB . 10 February 2018.