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Cutler, Helen Gray Annetta (1923 - 1990)

Lady, AC, DStJ, CStJ

Born
5 May 1923
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died
8 November 1990
Occupation
Servicewoman and Community worker
Alternative Names
  • Morris, Helen Gray (maiden name)

Summary

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 New South Wales (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.

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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

Sources used to compile this entry: Cadman, Kerith A (ed.), Who's who in Australia, 1988, 26 edn, The Herald and Weekly Times, Melbourne, 1988, 960 pp. p. 239..

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Archival resources

National Archives of Australia, National Office

  • Morris, Helen Gray Annetta, 1939 - 1948, 2002/05051482; National Archives of Australia, National Office. Details

National Library of Australia Newspaper Microcopy Reading Room

  • [Biographical cuttings on Lady Cutler, wife of the former Governmor of NSW, Sir Roden Cutler]; National Library of Australia Newspaper Microcopy Reading Room. Details

State Library of New South Wales

Published resources

Edited Books

  • Cadman, Kerith A (ed.), Who's who in Australia, 1988, 26 edn, The Herald and Weekly Times, Melbourne, 1988, 960 pp. p. 239. Details

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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

Anne Heywood

Created: 12 December 2002, Last modified: 1 May 2009

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