The Australian Women's Register

Summary

Before enlisting in the Women’s Royal Australian Army Corps (WRAAC) in 1960, June Healy was a member of the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corp. She attended the 9/60 Officer Cadet Course (OCS) and was then posted as Adjutant/Quartermaster at 31 WRAAC Barrack Melbourne and in 1962 to WRAAC School as Adjutant (CMF).

After her marriage to Major John Healy in 1963, June held an assortment of positions, usually in the area of training and office management, wherever her husband was posted. Also she worked as a volunteer on numerous Army Wives Committees and helped in setting up the first Thrift Shop at the Canungra Land Welfare Centre to assist in the funding of the local Girl Guides. In 1978 Healy became a member of the WRAAC Association and served as the State vice-president and president of the ACT Association. From 1995 until 1999 she was National president. From 1981 Healy was a foundation member of the Defence Widows Support Group. This group assists defence widows whose husbands were not killed during war service, did not die of war caused disabilities and therefore do not qualify for a War Widows’ Pension. On 11 June 1990 June Healy was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for service to veterans. In 1994 she became a member of the War Widows’ Guild of Australia (ACT) and was State president from 1995 to 1998 and National president from 1998 to 2002.

In October 2002 June Healy joined the Australian Women in War Project representing the War Widows’ Guild of Australia.

Events

• 2004

  Represented the War Widows’ Guild of Australia at the dedication of the Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

• 1990

  Board member of the Ryder Cheshire World War Memorial Fund

• 1990

  Awarded Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for service to veterans

• 1954 - 1960

  Served with the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corp (RAANC) (CMF)

• 1963

  Married John Boyd Healy

• 1949

  Graduated from Girdlestone Girls School, Perth

• 1981

  Foundation member of the Defence Widows Support Group

• 1998 - 2002

  National president of the War Widows’ Guild (Australia)

• 1981 - 1992

  Deputy national secretary of the Returned & Services League of Australia

• 1995

  Member of the Respite Care Task Group for Aged Care Australia

• 1995

  Member of the Seniors Card Scheme Committee for the Australian Capital Territory Government

• 1995

  National president of the Women’s Royal Australian Army Corps Association (WRAAC)

• 1995

  President of the War Widows’ Guild ACT

• 1980

  Member of the International Disaster Emergency Committee of the Australian Council for Overseas Aid

• 1978

  Employed in staff training for Village Cinemas Melbourne

• 1974

  Employed in staff training for Condamine Country Estate Brisbane

• 1972 - 1973

  Worked with Cheshire Homes Muscular Dystrophy patients

• 1972 - 1973

  Worked with Tampines Homes – Physically and Mentally Disabled persons

• 1995

  Member of the Response to the Industry Committee Report

• 1995

  Member of the committee for Hospital and Quality Use of Medicines for the Consumer Health Forum

• 1995

  Member of the Respite Review Reference Group for the Department of Human Services and Health

• 1995

  Board member of the Heart Foundation (ACT Division)

• 1995

  Board member of the Governing Council RMC Duntroon Society

• 1995

  Member of the Veteran’s Affairs Medical Ethics Committee

• 1995

  Member of the Sir Edward Dunlop Medical Research Foundation (ACT)

• 1995

  Qualified reviewer for the Community Health and Accreditation Standards Program (CHASP)

• 1994

  Deputy national president of COTA (Australia)

• 1993

  Board member of the Life Education Centre

• 1992 - 1995

  National secretary of the Returned & Services League of Australia

• 1987

  Board member of COTA (Australia)

• 1960 - 1965

  Served with the Women’s Royal Australian Army Corp (WRAAC)

• 1972 - 1973

  Worked with Singapore Childrens Home abandoned and orphaned children

• 1971

  Birth of second daughter

• 1970

  Employed in staff training for John P Young and Associates Management Consultants

• 1965

  First daughter born

• 1963

  Adjutant WRAAC School Sydney (ARA)

• 1961

  Adjutant Quartermaster 31 WRAAC Barrack Melbourne (ARA)

• 1995

  Committee member of the Australian Pharmaceutical Advisory Council (APAC)

• 1995

  Committee member of the Quality Use of Medicines in Nursing Homes Working Party for the Australian Pharmaceutical Advisory Council

• 1995

  Committee member of the Hospital Discharge Planning Working Party for the Australian Pharmaceutical Advisory Council

• 1995

  Committee member of “Access” (ACROD)

• 1995

  Member of the Pharmaceutical Project Steering Committee

• 1978 - 1981

  Member of the Australian Council for Overseas Aid (ACFOA) on the International Disaster Emergency Committee (IDEC)

• 1951 - 1960

  Worked for the West Australian Newspaper Limited

• 1966 - 1968

  Research and Library Assistant at Sandhurst Military Academy (United Kingdom)

• 1998

  Honorary president of the Canberra Services Club

• 1998

  Honorary secretary of the Heart Foundation (ACT) Division

• 1997

  Consumer representative on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Council (PBAC)

• 1997

  Member of the Disease Management Advisory Committee for the Health Insurance Commission

• 1997

  Member of the Preventive Care Trial Steering Committee for the Department of Veterans’ Affairs

• 1997

  Member of the Guild Commercial Limited Pharmacy Intranet Consultative Group

• 1996 - 1998

  National president of the Council on the Ageing (Australia)

• 1996

  Board member of ACTION Bus Advisory Committee

• 1996

  Chairperson of the Peer Education Project – Pharmaceuticals

• 1960

  Officer cadet at the WRAAC School Sydney (ARA)