BALLARD, Rosalind Eva
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 11 December 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Staff Nurse |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) |
| Born: | Footscray, Melbourne Vic., 1887 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Army Nurse |
| Died: | Whittlesea, Vic., 8 February 1956, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Ashes scattered within the cemetery |
| Memorials: | Whittlesea War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Dec 1916: | Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse | |
|---|---|---|
| 26 Dec 1916: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Mooltan embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 26 Dec 1916: | Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), RMS Mooltan, Melbourne | |
| 1 Oct 1918: | Promoted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, Promoted to Sister whilst serving in India, Mesopotamia or on duty at sea | |
| 28 Feb 1920: | Discharged Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse |
Matron For War Nurses' Hostel
Sister Rosalind E. Ballard, a returned army nurse, has been appointed matron of the Lady Dugan Red Cross Hostel and Convalescent Home for War Nurses, for which Mrs. Ernest Poolman has lent her home, Domain rd., South Yarra.
Matron Ballard is thrilled at the thought of looking after the army sisters who will use the hostel, as she knows herself from experience during the 1914-18 war how very necessary mid helpful such a hostel can be to an army nurse.
The new matron Is well known in many ports of Victoria. Her home is in Whittlesea. She has been associated with hospitals at Bairnsdale, Mildura, and Wangaratta. She trained at the Bairnsdale District Hospital and the Women's Hospital, Melbourne, and loft Australia with a group of army nurses who left for India in the Mooltan in 1916 with Matron G. Davis, now matron of Hamilton Russell House, as the matron in charge. For l8 months she was in India, and served at military hospitals in Bombay, Secunderabad, and Bangalore, and then served on the hospital ship Egypt, running between India and Egypt. Later she was billeted in Egypt for a time before being sent to England, where she served in various military hospitals until 1920, when she returned to Australia.
For three years after her return she was sister and noting matron at the base hospital, Mildura, and then after a few months as theatre sister at the Wangaratta Hospital returned to Mildura to open her own private hospital, which she ran for about 10 years. Later she was on the staff at Epworth Hospital, and since the outbreak of the present war has been sister in charge of the Tatura camp dressing station and the Seymour camp dressing station.
Now she is looking forward keenly to the change over from attending to soldier patients to caring for the nurses who will use the Lady Dugan Hostel, which will have accommodation for 10 convalescent war nurses and 20 war nurses who may be passing through Melbourne in the course of their duties.
The Argus Saturday 01 February 1941 page 9
Submitted 13 February 2016 by Faithe Jones
Biography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
Matron For War Nurses' Hostel
Sister Rosalind E. Ballard, a returned army nurse, has been appointed matron of the Lady Dugan Red Cross Hostel and Convalescent Home for War Nurses, for which Mrs. Ernest Poolman has lent her home, Domain rd., South Yarra.
Matron Ballard is thrilled at the thought of looking after the army sisters who will use the hostel, as she knows herself from experience during the 1914-18 war how very necessary mid helpful such a hostel can be to an army nurse.
The new matron Is well known in many ports of Victoria. Her home is in Whittlesea. She has been associated with hospitals at Bairnsdale, Mildura, and Wangaratta. She trained at the Bairnsdale District Hospital and the Women's Hospital, Melbourne, and loft Australia with a group of army nurses who left for India in the Mooltan in 1916 with Matron G. Davis, now matron of Hamilton Russell House, as the matron in charge. For l8 months she was in India, and served at military hospitals in Bombay, Secunderabad, and Bangalore, and then served on the hospital ship Egypt, running between India and Egypt. Later she was billeted in Egypt for a time before being sent to England, where she served in various military hospitals until 1920, when she returned to Australia.
For three years after her return she was sister and noting matron at the base hospital, Mildura, and then after a few months as theatre sister at the Wangaratta Hospital returned to Mildura to open her own private hospital, which she ran for about 10 years. Later she was on the staff at Epworth Hospital, and since the outbreak of the present war has been sister in charge of the Tatura camp dressing station and the Seymour camp dressing station.
Now she is looking forward keenly to the change over from attending to soldier patients to caring for the nurses who will use the Lady Dugan Hostel, which will have accommodation for 10 convalescent war nurses and 20 war nurses who may be passing through Melbourne in the course of their duties.
The Argus Saturday 01 February 1941 page 9
Biography
Sister
AANS
Born at Footscray, Melbourne, Vic
Daughter of G E BALLARD
Of Whittlesea Post Office, Victoria
Occupation prior to enlistment Army Nurse
Enlisted 11 December 1916
Embarked 26 December 1916 from Melbourne per 'Mooltan'
Aged 29 years
Served in Bombay, India
Returned to Australia 10 November 1919 per 'Mahana'
Appointment terminated 28 February 1920
Did not marry
Died 08 February 1956 at her home Church Street, Whittlesea.
Cremated 10 February 1956 at Springvale Botanical Cemetery and cremated remains scattered within the cemetery