New South Wales Army Nursing Service Reserve (NSWANSR) (1899 - 1903)

The Army Nursing Service Reserve was established in 1899 and attached to the New South Wales Army Medical Corps. This was the first official female army nurses' organisation in the Australian colonies. Nurse Nellie Gould was appointed lady superintendent of the Reserve. On the 17 January 1900 Nurse Gould left with thirteen nursing sisters to serve in the Boer War as part of the British Army. The nursing contingent returned to Australia in 1902. The Reserve was replaced by the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS), that was formed post Federation.

New South Wales Army Medical Corps attached to Imperial Draft Contingent - Roll of individuals entitled to the South Africa Medal and Clasps.

Gould, Ellen Julia - Lady Superintendent
Johnstone, Julia Bligh - Superintendant
Austin, Anne - Sister
Frater, Penelope - Sister
Garden, Anna Gardiner - Sister
Hoadley, Emily - Sister
Lister, Elizabeth Ward - Sister
Martin, Marion Philippe - Sister
Matchett, Annie L - Sister
Newton, Nancy - Sister
Nixon, Elizabeth - Sister
Pocock, Mary Annie - Sister
Steel, Mabel - Sister
Woodward, Theresa E - Sister

Previous and Subsequent Entities

 1899 - 1903 New South Wales Army Nursing Service Reserve (NSWANSR)
       1903 - 1948 Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS)
             1948 - Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps (RAANC)

Related People

• Gould, Ellen Julia (Nellie) (1860 - 1941)

  Lady superindent

  [1899 - 1902]

• Nixon, Elizabeth (1865 - )
• Pocock, Mary Anne (Bessie) (1863 - 1946)

  [1899 - 1903]

See also

• Adam-Smith, Patsy, Australian women at war, Nelson, Melbourne, 1984, 386 pp. [ Details... ]
• Bassett, Jan, Guns and brooches : Australian Army Nursing from the Boer War to the Gulf War, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1992, 261 pp. [ Details... ]
• Reid, Richard, Just wanted to be there : Australian Service Nurses 1899-1999, Commonwealth Department of Veterans' Affairs, Canberra, 1999, 121 pp. [ Details... ]