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]