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Elizabeth Frances Shippen (1894-1982), matron and army nurse, was born on 24 November 1894 at Collingwood, Melbourne, second of four daughters of London-born William Yeomans John Johns, hat manufacturer, and his Victorian-born wife Jessie McKinley, née Taylor. In 1921
Johns joined the Australian Army Nursing Service on 11 July 1940. She was a woman of striking determination with a fair complexion and an aura of competence; her leadership skills were apparent and on 18 October 1940 she was appointed matron of the 2/7th
In October 1943 Johns departed with the 2/7th AGH for
On 15 January 1945 Johns resumed her position as matron at the Victorian Eye and
Following her resignation in early 1953, Johns married John Mitchell Shippen, a widower and grazier, on 21 February at St Mary’s Anglican Church, Caulfield. Her husband died later that year. Patroness of the 2/7th AGH Association, she was active in its affairs for many years. She died on 3 June 1982 at Caulfield and was cremated.
Ruth Rae, 'Shippen, Elizabeth Frances (1894–1982)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/shippen-elizabeth-frances-15487/text26702, published first in hardcopy 2012, accessed online 5 December 2024.
This article was published in hardcopy in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 18, (Melbourne University Press), 2012
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24 November,
1894
Collingwood, Melbourne,
Victoria,
Australia
3 June,
1982
(aged 87)
Caulfield, Melbourne,
Victoria,
Australia
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