Cutler, Helen Gray Annetta (1923 - 1990)

Made a Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) on 9 June 1980, Lady Cutler had previously been awarded Dame of the Order of St John of Jerusalem (1977) and Commander of the Order of St John of Jerusalem (1965).

Helen Morris married Roden Cutler (Governor NSW 1966-1981) on 28 May 1946 and they had four sons. She was educated at Sydney Church of England Girls' Grammar School and served with the Australian Women's Army Service from 1942 to 1946.

Patron of the Children's Book Council of Australia (NSW), Lady Cutler received an Honorary Fellow from the NSW College of Nursing. She was President of the NSW Division of the Save the Children Fund, Vice-President of the Girl Guides' Association (NSW), Vice-President of the St John Ambulance Brigade and Honorary Colonel of the Women's Royal Australian Army Corps 1967 to 1985.

• Morris, Helen Gray (maiden name)

Events

1942 - 1946	Served with the Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS)
1944	Commissioned Officer Commanding Convoys and later Officer Commanding AWAS Barracks 1 Australian Ordnance Vehicle Park Bandiana
28 May 1946	Married: Arthur (Roden) Cutler VC (later His Excellency Sir)
3 Feb. 1967 - 1 June 1985	Appointed an Honorary Colonel of the Women's Royal Australian Army Corps (WRAAC)
1977	Awarded Dame of the Order of St John of Jerusalem
1980	Appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia

Vice President

• Girl Guides Australia (1926 - )

Related Corporate Bodies

• Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS) (1941 - 1947)

  Service no: NF436079

  [1942 - 1946]

• Australian Women's Army Service Association (NSW) (1948 - )

  Patron

• Voluntary Aid Detachments (VAD) (1914 - )

  New South Wales Divisional Commandant-in-Chief of Voluntary Aid Detachments

  [1966 - 1980]

• Women's Royal Australian Army Corps (WRAAC) (1951 - 1985)

  Honorary Colonel

  [1967 - 1985]

Related Cultural Artefacts

• The Sybil Irving Memorial, New South Wales

  unveiled New South Wales memorial to Sybil Irving

Online Resources

• Department of Veterans' Affairs, 'MORRIS, HELEN GRAY ANNETTA', in World War 2 Nominal Roll, 2002, http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/script/veteran.asp?ServiceID=A&VeteranID=366057. [ Details... ]

See also

• Bomford, Janette, Soldiers of the Queen : women in the Australian Army, Oxford University Press, South Melbourne, Vic., 2001, 183 pp. [ Details... ]
• Legge, J S (ed.), Who's who in Australia, 1971, 20 edn, The Herald and Weekly Times, Melbourne, 1971, 1024 pp. [ Details... ]
• Ollif, Lorna, Colonel Best and her soldiers: The Story of the 33 years of the Women's Royal Australian Army Corps, Ollif Publishing Company, Hornsby, NSW, 1985, 249 pp. [ Details... ]
• WRAAC Association, A Stroll down memory lane, 2001, 38 pp. [ Details... ]