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Desailly, Frances Esme

MBE

Born
Camperdown, Victoria, Australia
Occupation
Welfare worker
Alternative Names
  • Curdie, Frances (maiden name, - 4 May 1904)

Summary

Frances Desailly was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire on 8 June 1939 for her services to charities. The daughter of an early pioneer of Victoria, Dr Daniel Curdie, she married Dr Julian Gilbert Desailly on 4 May 1904 and had one daughter. A member of a number of welfare societies, she was president of the Ladies' Benevolent Society and vice-president of the Girls' Employment Movement. Awarded life membership of the Camperdown Red Cross, Camperdown Mothers' Club and the District Hospital Auxiliary, she was also a member of the Charles Dickens Society and the Alexandra Club.

Sources used to compile this entry: Alexander, Joseph A (ed.), Who's Who in Australia, 1941, The Herald and Weekly Times, Melbourne, 748 pp.

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  • Alexander, Joseph A (ed.), Who's Who in Australia, 1941, The Herald and Weekly Times, Melbourne, 748 pp. Details

Anne Heywood

Created: 7 October 2003, Last modified: 29 April 2009

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I am doing research on my family Desailly and am pleased to have come across such a great woman .I would love to hear from any descendants of Dr & Mrs J Desailly

Jeannine Desailly - 16 January 2011, 2:56 PM EST

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