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Her father was a sheep farmer - both parents deceased
Educated at Public School, Goulburn, NSW
Trained at Goulburn & Districts Hospital August 1900 to October 1904
Six months Obstetric Nursing at Royal Hospital for Women, Sydney June 1905 to December 1905
Arrived in England from Australia in April 1914.
NOK Brother - Cornelius J TULLY Of 'Killanear' Boorowa NSW
Joined the Unit organised by Mrs. St. Clair Stobart under the dirction of St. John's Ambulance and Association and served in Belgium and France until invalided to England in November 1914.
Enlisted QAIMNSR 02 August 1915 in London, England
Catherine was residing at 18 Cambridge St., Hyde Park, London when she enlisted
Sailed for Egypt and served 6 months in the 21st General Hosptial, Alexandria.
If February 1916 joined the 19th Stationary Hospital going to EAst Africa and served in East Africa until January 1918.
Returned to England March 1918 arriving at Pavilion Military Hosptial in April 1918.
Demobilized 30 April 1920 when contract expired at Pavilion General Hospital, Brighton, England
'With refernece to your communication dated the 7th instant, C.R.E.C. 8/4493 (M) C., forwarding a special recommendation for repatriation on behalf of the lady named in the margin, I am directed to inform you that as she does not fulfil the conditions laid down in Army Council Instructions 288 of 1919, for repatriation at public expense, and as she is not desirous of availing herself of a passage under the Overseas Settlement Scheme, it is regretted we are unable to assist this member with regard to her return journey to Australia."
"S/Nurse Miss Tulley has been refused passage to Australia as she arrived in England prior to August 4th, 1914. Can anything further be done in this matter? Mis Tully has done good service, also she has lost th euse of one finger owing to septic poisoning Setpember 1918. I consider this a very deserving case."
08 July 918 - "I have the honor to request a transfer to India if possible, should there be a vacancy. Having always lived in oneof the hottest districts of Australia, I feel the cold intensley in England and will be much obliged if you can consider my application."
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Nurse Tully, who proved herself such an efficient matron while in charge of the Bellingen hospital, has written to Mr. Briner stating that she served in Antwerp during the siege, and the nurses escaped with difficulty. She is now at the front in France.

Clarence and Richmond Examiner (Grafton NSW) Tuesday 15 December 1914 page 4

Sister Tully, who was born in the Goulburn district, and received her training in the District Hospital, has received the ribbon for the Mons star. Sister Tully was in England at the declaration of the war, and joined Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Sisters (Reserves). She was in the retreat from Antwerp, and has since at various times been nursing on the western front, in Egypt, East Africa, and England. In a letter to Nurse Mary Roberts, Lower Boro, Sister Tully stated that she had been out of action for two months with her right hand poisoned, and was in a hospital in London as a patient. She feared she would be there some time yet. The hand had been opened three times.

Goulburn Evening Penny Post Tuesday 07 January 1919 page 2
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NURSE TULLY RETURNS FROM THE WAR.

Mr. G. S. Briner- M.L.A. writes that he has received a letter dated 6th instant, written on the, steamer Kigoma at Fremantle by Sister Tully, at one time matron of the Macleay District Hospital, and of the Raleigh District Hospital at Bellingen. Nurse Tully was in England when the war was declared, and she immediately enlisted in the British Nursing Corps,and was sent to Antwerp, where she spent about twenty hours during the siege, which lasted only about forty hours. Sister Tully and five other sisters escaped in covered trucks, and she then went to France, where she earned the Mons ribbon, and where she did some nursing in several of the military hospitals in the danger zones. Subsequently, Sister Tully was sent to Alexandria to the military hospital, and afterwards was, attached to the nursing corps in East Africa with the army of General Smuts. Here she spent about 18 months, and had a very hard time of it. For the last fifteen months she has been attached to the "limbless" hospital at Brighton (England). Sister Tully did duty on the Kigoma during the trip , Nurse Tully was born in the Wheeo district, and was trained for five years in the Goulburn District Hospital for the profession of a nurse.

Goulburn Evening Penny Post Thursday 22 July 1920 page 4