Boyce, Una Parry (1911 - 2003)

Una Boyce was awarded a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) on 10 June 1991 and appointed an Officer of the British Empire (OBE) twenty years earlier, on 1 January 1971, for services to War Widows. She was state secretary of the War Widows' Guild of Australia (NSW) from 1961 until 1989, becoming a life member of the War Widows' Guild in 2000.

The daughter of Charles and Kate E. D (née Swan) Robertson, Boyce was educated at Abbotsleigh School for Girls, Wahroonga, and completed her education at the University of London. On 26 April 1940 she married war veteran Norman Boyce and the pair had three children. Boyce joined the War Widows' Guild of Australia (NSW) in 1946 after her husband's death.

Una Boyce enjoyed reading, travel, gardening and music and was a member of the Royal Automobile Association of Australia and Victory Services, London.

• Robertson, Una (maiden name)

Events

1929	Commenced nursing training at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
1934	Graduated as a gold medal nurse
1935	Registered Midwife, Queen Charlotte's Maternity Hospital, London
1936	Diploma, University of London
1936 - 1938	Sister-Tutor, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
1956 - 1973	Chairwoman of the Outward Bound girls' division
1957	Foundation Fellow, NSW College of Nursing
1961 - 1989	State Secretary, War Widows' Guild of Australia NSW
1969	Committee Member, Outward Bound Memorial Foundation
1 January 1971	Appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire for her service to war widows
1973 - 1989	Board member of Outward Bound Foundation
1983	Foundation member, Women's Standing Committee World Veterans Federation
10 June 1991	Awarded Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for her service to war widows
2000	Made a Life Member of the War Widows' Guild of Australia (NSW) Limited

Membership

• War Widows' Guild of Australia NSW Limited (1946 - )

  State Secretary

  [1961 - 1989]

Newspaper Articles

• Boyce, Mick, 'Champion of Australian war widows', Sydney Morning Herald, 27 November, 2003, p. 33. [ Details... ]

See also

• Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, 'Where are the Women in Australian science?', 22 August 2003, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/wisa/wisa.html. [ Details... ]
• Clark, Mavis Thorpe, No mean destiny : the story of the War Widows' Guild of Australia 1945-85, Hyland House, South Yarra, Vic., 1986, 288 pp. [ Details... ]
• Herd, Margaret (ed.), Who's who in Australia 2002, 38 edn, Crown Content, Melbourne, 2002, 2020 pp. [ Details... ]
• Lofthouse, Andrea (ed.), Who's who of Australian women, Methuen Australia, North Ryde (NSW), 1982, 504 pp. [ Details... ]