Historical information
A funeral service was held for Col Nellie Espie (retd) at St Mary's Cathedral, Hobart, on August 22. Nellie, a former Director of Army Nursing dies on August 15, aged 92. Nellie was born in Tasmania in 1924, trained as a nurse in the 1940's and became an Army nurse when the Korean War broke out. She was commissioned as a lieutenant with the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps (RAANC) and posted to Ingleburn, NSW in 1951. She went on to be a Ward Sister and Charge Sister in Japan, Korea, Duntroon, Malaya, Queensland and Victoria. 1969 saw Col Espie become Matron of the Australian Field Hospital at Vung Tau in South Vietnam. by the time she was discharged from the service in 1981 she was Matron in Chief of the RAANC and Director of Army Nursing. Nellie continued to take an active role in the RAANC after her retirement.
Physical description
A newspaper clipping of a story consisting of three columns of text, an old black and white photo of a masked up nurse treating a man's leg and a small colour photo of an older woman in military uniform.
Subjects
- adf,
- australian defense force,
- centenary of anzac planning team,
- greg melick,
- rsl,
- returned services league,
- maj-gen greg melick,
- marise payne,
- defense minister,
- oatlands,
- florence nightingale trust,
- national medal,
- royal red cross,
- member if the order of australia,
- centenary medal,
- meritorious service medal
