JOHNSTON, Julia Bligh
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | 15 May 1899 |
| Last Rank: | Matron |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) |
| Born: | Windsor, New South Wales, Australia, 2 August 1861 |
| Home Town: | Miranda, Sutherland Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Windsor Public School and Ashfield Ladies College, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Nurse |
| Died: | Natural causes, Sutherland, New South Wales, Australia, 23 June 1940, aged 78 years |
| Cemetery: |
Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW Cremated - Commemorative plaque at Woronora Memorial Park, Wall of Memories, Services AIF Panel C, Old Section, Position 0012 |
| Memorials: | Sutherland WW1 Memorial Wall |
Boer War Service
| 15 May 1899: | Enlisted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, New South Wales Army Nursing Service Reserve | |
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| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Superintendent, New South Wales Army Nursing Service Reserve | |
| 17 Jan 1900: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, New South Wales Army Nursing Service Reserve, SS Moravian, Sydney for South Africa - disembarking Capetown 18 February 1900 | |
| 15 Jul 1902: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, New South Wales Army Nursing Service Reserve, SS Montrose, Durban for return to Australia - disembarking Melbourne 8 August 1902, then by train to Sydney. |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement 1st Infantry Brigade Headquarters, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: Name incorrectly recorded on original roll as "J. B. Johnson" | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked 1st Infantry Brigade Headquarters, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 28 Nov 1914: | Involvement 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: 'Remarks on roll: Embarked on Argyllshire Euripides 20/10/14.' | |
| 28 Nov 1914: | Embarked 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF, HMAT Kyarra, Sydney | |
| 3 Jun 1916: | Honoured Royal Red Cross (2nd Class) | |
| 21 Jun 1916: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches | |
| 3 May 1920: | Discharged Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Matron, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) |
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Daughter of James Bligh JOHNSTON and Anne nee WALDRON
Julia Bligh Johnston trained at the Sydney hospital before becoming Superintendant with the New South Welsh contingent of nurses who served in the Second Anglo-Boer War.
OBITUARY.
MATRON J. B. JOHNSTON.
The death took place at a private hospital on Sunday of Matron Julia Bligh Johnston, formerly of Miranda. She was a nurse in two wars, and had been a sister at Sydney Hospital. With Sister E J Gould who was also attached to the staff of the Sydney Hospital, Nurse Johnston served through out the Boer War as an army nurse. She became a matron and again served for the duration of the Great War, 1914-18 working in Egypt, France and England.
On her return to Australia she was attached to the Board of Health and was connected with ambulance work, and for many years was nursing sister of the Australian Jockey Club. Since her retirement she had living privately at Miranda.
Matron Johnston was descended from Colonel Johnston, who came to Australia with Governor Bligh after whom she was named.
Sydney Morning Herald Wednesday 26 June 1940 page 8
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