Judith Spence
Biography
Captain Judith Spence is currently working as a Military Support Officer with the Defence Community Organisation in the Australian Capital Territory. She initially qualified as a Registered Nurse from the Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane in 1980, then as a midwife from the Mater Mothers’ Hospital in 1984. She has a Masters Degree in Nursing from Flinders University, awarded in 1996. Captain Spence has nursed in various locations throughout Australia and the United Kingdom, and joined the Army as a nursing officer in 1989. She has enjoyed a number of postings to Canberra and Wagga Wagga, and was also deployed for six months with the first rotation to Rwanda in 1994. In 1993 she had the opportunity to accompany ex-prisoner-of-war nurses on a memorial trip to Bangka Island, Indonesia. That trip, the focus of her article, will live on as a career highlight.
