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176:. She was confirmed as a knight of the Legion of Honour by decree of 9 January 1915. Sister Julie was given much publicity in journals, with photographs and postcards. For example, one postcard depicted her preventing a German soldier from killing a wounded man. In the picture she has been made to look young and pretty. After the war she remained at the hospice until her death in May 1925, aged 71.
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