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Australian Women
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Boyce, Una Parry (1911 - 2003)AM, OBE |
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| Born: 6 April 1911 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Died: 29 October 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. |
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| Sources used to compile this entry: Who's Who of Australia, 2002, p. 285 and the War Widows Guild of Australia NSW Limited. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Published by National Foundation for Australian Women on Australian Women's Archives Project Web Site Comments, questions, corrections and additions: awap@womenaustralia.info Prepared by: Acknowledgements Updated: 23 December 2008 http://womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE0447b.htm |