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MacKay, Vivienne (1906 - )

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Born: 19 February 1906  Australia

Vivienne MacKay, née Plews, was a prominent member of both the Victorian and National Divisions of the Australian Red Cross Society from 1940-1978. She graduated from superintendent of the Red Cross Transport Company in 1940 to divisional commandant in 1945, and served as deputy chairman of the Victorian Division from 1952-1978. She was a member of the National Council from 1948-1978. She became a life member in 1955 and also served as Red Cross member of the National Florence Nightingale Committee from 1949. She was appointed as Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1958 for her services to the Red Cross Society.


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  • Plews, Vivienne (maiden name)
 
Sources used to compile this entry: Who's Who in Australia, 1980, p 558.
 
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  • Stubbings, Leon, Look what you started Henry! A history of the Australian Red Cross 1914-1991., Australian Red Cross Society, East Melbourne, Victoria, 1992, 316 pp. [ Details... ]

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