- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: IMP0147
Ashton, Helen
- OBE
- Birth name Willis, Helen
Studio portrait of Mrs Helen Ashton (nee Willis)
Photographer: May Moore, c1914-1918
Image courtesy of Australian War Memorial (H16385)
- Born 29 August 1868, Bundanon, New South Wales, Australia
- Died 24 October 1939, Double Bay, New South Wales, Australia
- Occupation Community worker
Summary
Helen Ashton was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire on 4 October 1918 for her work for the Red Cross Society. Her husband, James, worked closely with the first president, Lady Helen Munro Ferguson.
Published resources
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Resource Section
- Ashton, James (1864-1939), Rutledge, Martha, 2006, http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A070114b.htm
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Resource
- Trove: Ashton, Helen (1868-1939), http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-739054
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Site Exhibition
- Faith, Hope and Charity Australian Women and Imperial Honours: 1901-1989, Australian Women's Archives Project, 2003, http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/honours/honours.html