- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: IMP0279
Warby, Margaret Joyce
- Occupation Nurse
Summary
Margaret Warby was awarded the Queen’s Gallantry medal for bravery during the Granville train crash. The accident occurred on 18 January 1977, when a morning commuter train from the Blue Mountains in New South Wales derailed, bringing down a road bridge on to several carriages, with 83 people killed and 213 injured.
Published resources
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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
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Resource
- Trove: Warby, Margaret Joyce, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-737070