Historical information

After more than forty years of helping the sick, the needy and the aged, Judy Cockburn has been rewarded with an Order of Australia Medal. Judy says she is not one for the limelight and her greatest satisfaction comes from helping the aged. She said that while it can be very emotionally exhausting, she has formed some close relationships over the years. Judy moved to Essendon thirty-five years ago from Sydney after working as a welfare matron at the Austral Bronze foundry. She was in the first group of Australian Army nurses sent overseas in 1939. She served in a Palastine base hospital for four years. After the war Judy did home visits, being on call day and night; was on the Essendon Hospital Committee; worked in the hospital's opportunity shop; was a founding member of the Citizens Advice Bureau; was involved in the opening of Corandirk Hostel and continues to volunteer there; is a relief worker at the Essendon Community Centre; is on the committee of the proposed Marivale Nursing Home; visit patients at the Day Hospital; is a Life Member of the Essendon Hospital, the Austin Hospital and the Maribrnong Park Bowls Club; was involved in the establishment of the Boomerang Club and is a grandmother of six.

Physical description

A newspaper clipping featuring a blue title, two columns of text and a small black and white photo of a woman in bowls uniform