Pender, Beryl Elizabeth (1902 - 1974)

During World War II Beryl Pender was superintendent in Queensland of the Australian Women's Land Army (AWLA). She was previously with the Queensland Public Service and secretary to the Queensland Trade Commission. Pender was the first married woman to be readmitted to the public service on the outbreak of the war. Following the war she maintained an interest in the ‘land girls’ and helped with the organising of the 30-year reunion and a short history of the organisation.

• King, Beryl (maiden name, 6 February 1902 - 5 August 1939)
• McLeish, Beryl (married name, 31 October 1946 - 10 January 1974)

Events

1920s	Joined the Queensland Public Service
5 August 1939	Married solicitor Edward Francis Pender
27 July 1942	Appointed administrative officer with the Australian Women's Land Army (Queensland)
20 July 1943	Appointed State superintendent of the Australian Women's Land Army (Queensland)
1946	Divorced
30 October 1946	Married grazier Daniel Matthew McLeish
1950s	Administrator with Building & Industrial Suppliers Pty Ltd

Related Corporate Bodies

• Australian Women's Land Army (AWLA) (1942 - 1945)

  Superintendent, in Queensland

• Australian Women's Land Army Queensland Division (1942 - 1945)

Book Sections

• Taylor, Helen, 'McLeish, Beryl Elizabeth', in Ritchie, John (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 15, Melbourne University Press, Carlton, Vic., 2000, p. 266. [ Details... ]