CROSBY, Julia Mary
| Service Number: | Sister |
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| Enlisted: | 24 May 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Sister |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) |
| Born: | Armagh, SA, 3 October 1869 |
| Home Town: | Kalgoorlie, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Nurse |
| Died: | Couridjah, Picton Lakes Settlement, NSW, 10 August 1941, aged 71 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 24 May 1915: | Involvement 3rd Australian General Hospital - WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: RMS Mooltan embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
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| 24 May 1915: | Embarked 3rd Australian General Hospital - WW1, RMS Mooltan, Fremantle | |
| 24 May 1915: | Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, Sister, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) |
Trained at Adelaide Hospital
The death occurred at Picton Lakes Settlement, New South Wales, on August 10, of Miss Julia Mary Crosby, who at the time of her death was matron of the settlement. Miss Crosby, who was the third daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Crosby, was born at Clare, S.A., and trained as a nurse at the Adelaide Hospital. On the outbreak of war in 1914 she was matron of the Boulder City Hospital, Kalgoorlie and volunteered for the A.I.F.Nursing Service, with which she saw service in Egypt, Lemnos, England and France (A G H Boulogne). Two sisters Mrs. A. M Dowling, Manoora, and Mrs Howard Lloyd, and one brother Mr A. Marshall Crosby, Sydney, survive.
The Advertiser Saturday 16 August 1941 page 9
Submitted 16 February 2016 by Faithe Jones
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
Daughter of Walter Thomas CROSBY and Ann nee CAMERON
Trained Adelaide Hospital
Matron at the Miners' Hospital, Boulder, Kalgoorlie, WA
Mentioned in despatches
Date of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 23 May 1919
Location in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: Page 881, position 62
Date of London Gazette: 31 December 1918
Location in London Gazette: Page 15229, position 85
The death occurred at Picton Lakes Settlement, New South Wales, on August 10, of Miss Julia Mary Crosby, who at the time of her death was matron of the settlement. Miss Crosby, who was the third daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Crosby, was born at Clare, S.A., and trained as a nurse at the Adelaide Hospital. On the outbreak of war in 1914 she was matron of the Boulder City Hospital, Kalgoorlie and volunteered for the A.I.F.Nursing Service, with which she saw service in Egypt, Lemnos, England and France (A G H Boulogne). Two sisters Mrs. A. M Dowling, Manoora, and Mrs Howard Lloyd, and one brother Mr A. Marshall Crosby, Sydney, survive.
The Advertiser Saturday 16 August 1941 page 9
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