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Abbreviations
ARRC - The Royal Red Cross (2nd Class)

BEM(C) - The Order of the British Empire (Civil)

CBE(C) - The Order of the British Empire - Commander (Civil)

CBE(M) - The Order of the British Empire - Commander (Military)

CMG - The Order of St Michael and St George - Commanders

DBE(C) - The Order of the British Empire - Dames Commander

ISM - Imperial Service Medal

MBE(C) - The Order of the British Empire - Member (Civil)

MBE(M) - The Order of the British Empire - Member (Military)

MM - The Military Medal

OBE(C) - The Order of the British Empire - Officer (Civil)

RRC - The Royal Red Cross

DABB, Elsie May - MBE(C), 1974
Community
DAGLISH, Edith - OBE(C), 1920
Soldiers Welcome Committee in Western Australia
DALEY, Katherine Grace - BEM(C), 1976
Public service
DALGARNO, Ann Patricia - MBE(C), 1977
Community
DALLEY, Marie - OBE(C), 1949
Magistrate of the North Melbourne Children's Court
DALTON, Ethel - MBE(C), 1938
Confidential Typist to the Governor of Victoria
DALY, Jean Mary - OBE(C), 1967
Welfare of women
DALY, Mary - OBE(C), 1937
Charities
DALY, Mary Alphonsus - MBE(C), 1958
Nursing
DALY, Mary Dora - DBE(C), 1951
Social welfare services
DALY, Mary Dora - CBE(C), 1949
President - Catholic Welfare Association of WA
DALYELL, Elizabeth - ARRC, 1918
Australian Army Nursing Service
DANAHER, Phyllis May - MBE(C), 1969
Ballet
DANCE, Annie Elizabeth - ISM, 1949
NSW Public Health Department - First Cook
DANETREE, Kathleen - OBE(C), 1972
Ballet
DANIELL, Hilda Young - OBE(C), 1954
Education
DANIELS, Elizabeth - BEM(C), 1986
Community of Mooloolaba, Queensland
DANIELS, Priscilla - BEM(C), 1976
Social service
DANKS, Annie - MBE(C), 1957
Social welfare services in Victoria
D'ARBON, Elizabeth - BEM(C), 1972
Community
DARBY, Esme Jean - MBE(C), 1975
Community
DARBY, J - BEM(C), 1983
Tasmania
D'ARCY, Constance Elizabeth - DBE(C), 1935
Services to the welfare of children
DARGAN, Josephine - ISM, 1961
Taxation Office - Clerical Assistant
DART, Lyle Adele - BEM(C), 1977
Community
DAVENPORT, Margaret Elizabeth - MBE(C), 1974
Community
DAVEY, Constance Muriel - OBE(C), 1955
Education
DAVEY, Margaret Lurline - MBE(C), 1963
Young Women's Christian Association
DAVEY, Margaret Lurline - CBE(C), 1981
Women's affairs
DAVEY, Rosalind Violet - ISM, 1970
Commonwealth Labour Department - Clerical Assistan
DAVIDSON, D D - ISM, 1963
N/A
DAVIDSON, Dorothy - MBE(C), 1964
St John Ambluance Association
DAVIDSON, Elizabeth Margaret Titt - BEM(C), 1969
Community
DAVIDSON, Ethel Sarah - RRC, 1918
Australian Army Nursing Service
DAVIDSON, Ethel Sarah - ARRC, 1916
Australian Army Nursing Service
DAVIDSON, Ethel Sarah - CBE(M), 1919
ARMY - Army Nursing Services
DAVIES, Gertrude St Clare - BEM(C), 1976
Community of Bunbury, Western Australia
DAVIES, Louise Elizabeth Selma - MBE(C), 1958
Social welfare services in Port Victoria
DAVIS, A J - ISM, 1965
N/A
DAVIS, Alice Jane - ISM, 1965
Australia House London - Senior Lift Attendant
DAVIS, Beatrice Deloitte - MBE(C), 1967
Literature (Mrs FJ Bridges)
DAVIS, Catherine Harriet - BEM(C), 1975
Community
DAVIS, Ethel May - MBE(C), 1976
Country Women's Association in Queensland
DAVIS, Florence Victoria - MBE(C), 1965
Community
DAVIS, Gertrude - RRC, 1920
AANS - Service in the Afghan War
DAVIS, Hilda Madeline - BEM(C), 1974
Community
DAVIS, Hilda Winifred - MBE(C), 1946
Charities in South Australia
DAVIS, Joyce Isobel - MBE(C), 1976
Women's athletics
DAVIS, Lurline Violet - BEM(C), 1974
Head Housemaid at Government House, Sydney
DAVIS, Margaret Enid Grace - MBE(C), 1969
Community
DAVIS, Mary Gwendoline Lyall - MBE(C), 1976
Epileptics & their families
DAVIS, May Joan - BEM(C), 1980
Public service
DAVIS, Mervyn Twynam - MBE(C), 1980
Public service
DAVIS, Zona - ISM, 1973
PMG - Exempt Telephonist
DAVSON, Winifred Florence Mabel - MBE(C), 1972
Theatre, cultural & community activities
DAVY, Christine - MBE(C), 1970
Civil aviation
DAVY, Grace - MBE(C), 1959
Charities
DAVY, Mysie Kennedy - MBE(C), 1938
Social welfare
DAW, Lucy Compson - MBE(C), 1939
Matron of the Adelaide General Hospital
DAW, Mabel Patricia - MBE(C), 1979
Public service
DAWE, Claire Ellen - BEM(C), 1979
Community
DAWE, Margaret Christina - MBE(C), 1962
Charities
DAWES, Hilda Beveridge - BEM(C), 1976
Community
DAWES, Mary Juliet - BEM(C), 1982
Community
DAWS, Joyce Margaretta - DBE(C), 1975
Services to medicine
DAWSON, Ailsa Ruby - MBE(C), 1978
Community
DAWSON, Eileen - MBE(C), 1976
Golf
DAWSON, Emma Constance - BEM(C), 1969
Social welfare in Busselton, Western Australia
DAWSON, Janet - MBE(C), 1977
Art (Mrs M Boddy)
DAY, Alfreda Olive - BEM(C), 1982
Arts
DAY, Betty - BEM(C), 1981
Community
DAY, Elsie Mildred - ISM, 1970
PMG - Overseer
DAY, Sophia Helen - BEM(C), 1984
Community
de BERG, Hazel Estelle - MBE(C), 1968
Collection of archival material
DE BOEHME, Marion Musgrave - MBE(C), 1980
Child welfare
DE GARIS, Kathleen Maude - MBE(C), 1946
Mayoress of Narracorte in South Australia
DE GRAAF, Lauris Margaret Elms - OBE(C), 1974
Music
DE LA HUNTY, Shirley Barbara - MBE(C), 1957
Athletics (Mrs Strickland)
DEACON, Clare - MM, 1917
AUST ANS MM LOND GAZ 30312
DEAKIN, Pattie - CBE(C), 1935
Public service
DEAKIN, Vera - OBE(C), 1918
Red Cross Society
DEAN, Elsie Oliver - BEM(C), 1974
Community
DEAN, Freda Mary - MBE(C), 1962
VP - Australian-American Assn in Newcastle
DEAN, Gladys Jean - MBE(C), 1946
Charities in South Australia
DEAN, Gwendoline Dorothy - BEM(C), 1989
Community
DEAN, Ida Florence - MBE(C), 1918
Red Cross Society
DEAN, Phyliss - MBE(C), 1938
Philanthropy
DEANE, Sarah Elizabeth - BEM(C), 1972
Nursing
DEAR, Gladys Evelyn - MBE(C), 1974
Community
DEARBERG, Valerie Ada - BEM(C), 1976
Community
DEASON, Esther May - MBE(C), 1980
Softball
DECKER, Lorraine Daphne - BEM(C), 1982
Sport
DEEGAN, Josephine Mina Anne - ISM, 1972
PMG - Telephonist
DEGENS, Malvena Maria Catherine - BEM(C), 1969
Steno-Secretary - External Affairs Department
DEKYVERE, Nola Laird - CBE(C), 1972
Blind persons
DEKYVERE, Nola Laird - MBE(C), 1958
Charities in New South Wales
DELAMARE, Jessica Doreen - ISM, 1972
Labour Department - Clerk
DELANY, Annie - OBE(C), 1966
Social welfare
DELLA-BOSCA, Doris Olive - BEM(C), 1979
Community
DELVE, Marion Dawson - BEM(C), 1978
Women & the community
DEMAS, Rita Kathleen - ISM, 1971
PMG - Operator-in-Charge Telex Service
DEMAS, Rita Kathleen - BEM(C), 1965
Overseas Phonograms Officer - NSW PMG
DEMENT, Ethel Maud - ARRC, 1919
Australian Army Nursing Service
DEMESTRE, Sarah Melanie - ARRC, 1918
Australian Army Nursing Service
DENHOLM, Anna - BEM(C), 1984
Community
DENNEHY, Mary Frances - MBE(C), 1963
Fairbridge Farm School in Western Australia
DENNIS, Bertha Mabel - BEM(C), 1980
Community
DENNIS, Jean - MBE(C), 1962
Mayor of Wonthaggi in Victoria
DENNIS, Kathleen Norah - MBE(C), 1954
Social welfare services in New South Wales
DENT, A A - ISM, 1967
N/A
DENT, Alice Amy - ISM, 1968
PMG - Telephone Supervisor
DENT, Thelma Everilda May - MBE(C), 1978
Musical education
DENTON, Jean - OBE(C), 1968
Pre-school education
DERHAM, Frances - MBE(C), 1950
Social welfare
DERRER, Mary Jane - MM, 1917
AUST ANS. MM 28/9/1917 LOND GAZ 30312
DESAILLY, Frances Esme - MBE(C), 1939
Charities
DETTMMAN, Dorothy - OBE(C), 1976
Community
DEVINE, Mary Dorothea - MBE(C), 1977
Nursing
Di STEFANO, Enoe Maria - MBE(C), 1979
Migrant welfare
DICK, Alma Bergen - BEM(C), 1973
Community
DICKIE, Kathleen Alder - BEM(C), 1979
Community
DICKINS, Nancy Yvonne - BEM(C), 1975
Australian Institute of International Affairs
DICKINSON, Amy Alice - BEM(C), 1980
Community
DICKSON, Clarice Molyneux - RRC, 1918
Australian Army Nursing Service
DICKSON, Henrietta Adolphine Emma - BEM(C), 1972
Community
DICKSON, Jean Catherine - ARRC, 1957
Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps
DICKSON, Kathleen Hildred - BEM(C), 1976
Education & child art
DIES, Dorothy - MBE(C), 1971
Televison & broadcasting (Dollie Dyer)
DIGBY, Juanita Lillian - MBE(C), 1980
Secretary of the Invalid Pensioners Association
DILLON, Sarah Buchanan - MBE(C), 1977
Health
DIMMOCK, Mabel Laurel - BEM(C), 1970
Community
DINAN, Patricia - MBE(C), 1935
Social welfare services in New South Wales
DISNEY, Marion Louise - MBE(C), 1980
Community
DIVINE, Phillis Maude Rhodes - ISM, 1958
London High Commission - Typist
DIXSON, Eva Thelma Eleanor - MBE(C), 1970
Welfare of women & children
DOBIE, Nan - MBE(C), 1972
Community
DOBSON, Annie Thackrath - OBE(C), 1975
Community
DOBSON, Janet Lilian - BEM(C), 1969
President - Sunshine Ladies Benevolent Society
DOBSON, Margaret Mary Jane - BEM(C), 1982
Community
DOBSON, Ruth Lissant - OBE(C), 1981
Public service
DOCKER, Betty Bristow - ARRC, 1968
RAAF Nursing Service
DOCKER, Betty Bristow - RRC, 1970
RAAF Nursing Service
DOCKER, Clarice Sylvia - MBE(C), 1959
Occupational therapy
DODD, Alma - BEM(C), 1970
President - Narabeen Veterans Home Auxiliary
DOHERTY, Gertrude Marion - ARRC, 1918
Australian Army Nursing Service
DOHERTY, Kathleen Maria - ISM, 1970
Air Department - Clerk
DOHERTY, Muriel Knox - RRC, 1945
RAAF Nursing Service
DOIG, Edna Neil - ARRC, 1953
Australian Army Nursing Corps
DOIG, Edna Nell - RRC, 1963
Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps
DOLLING, Dorothy Barlow Clarke - OBE(C), 1945
Secretary of the SA Country Women's Association
DOLMAN, Patricia Reynell - BEM(C), 1978
Youth
DOMEC-CARRE, Ena Florence - BEM(C), 1971
Physical education in South Yarra, Victoria
DONALDSON, Beatrice Irene - BEM(C), 1969
Vice President of the Finley Red Cross Society
DONALDSON, Edith - BEM(C), 1977
Community
DONALDSON, Edith Victoria - ARRC, 1918
QAIMNS (Australia)
DONALDSON, Katherine Minnie - ARRC, 1919
AANS - With British forces in Egypt
DONALDSON, W H - ISM, 1960
N/A
DONKIN, Beryl Killeen - OBE(C), 1975
Queensland Law Society
DONNELLON, Marie - ISM, 1972
Works Department - Clerical Assistant
DONNELLY, Frances Elizabeth - BEM(C), 1978
Community
DONNELLY, Mary Elizabeth - BEM(C), 1960
Phonogram Monitor in the PMG Department, Tas
DONOGHOE, Heather Esme Rebecca - BEM(C), 1979
Community
DONOGHOE, Janet Ruth - BEM(C), 1970
Community
DOROTHEA, Mary - MBE(C), 1968
Principal of Our Lady of Snow Chalet
DOUBLEDAY, Betty Constance Laura - OBE(C), 1972
Chief Librarian of the CSIRO
DOUGHAN, Lynda Olive - BEM(C), 1976
Medicine
DOUGLAS, Alice Grace - ARRC, 1916
Australian Army Nursing Service
DOUGLAS, Annie Laurie - MBE(C), 1978
Public service
DOUGLAS, Maderia Davis - MBE(C), 1977
Veteran's welfare
DOUGLAS, Mary Stuart - OBE(C), 1953
Commissioner of Girl Guides in South Australia
DOUGLAS, Olive Lelia - MBE(C), 1953
Personal Secretary to the Governor-General
DOWDELL, Esmee Dorothea - BEM(C), 1978
Community
DOWLING, Bessie Anne - MBE(C), 1975
Community
DOWLING, Ellen Jean - ISM, 1971
PMG - Clerical Assistant
DOWLING, Enid Allison - OBE(C), 1977
Women's organisations
DOWLING, Julie Caroline - BEM(C), 1985
Sport
DOWLING, Lily Ellen - BEM(C), 1978
Community
DOWN, Bernice Veronica - MBE(C), 1981
Public service
DOWN, Edith Alice - MBE(M), 1967
ARMY - WRAAC - Postwar Honours List
DOWNER, Nancy Phyllis - BEM(C), 1970
Community
DOWNES, Doris Mary - OBE(C), 1918
Friendly Union of Soldier's Wives
DOWNES, Kathleen Mary - BEM(C), 1976
Red Cross Society & the community
DOWNES, Minnie Josephine - BEM(C), 1976
Public service
DOWNES, Sarah Elizabeth - OBE(C), 1920
State of New South Wales
DOWNING, Cecelia - MBE(C), 1950
Social welfare services in Victoria
DOWNING, Dorothy Mary - BEM(C), 1971
Community
DOWSETT, Elsie Jean - BEM(C), 1972
Blind persons
DOWSLEY, Annie Elizabeth - RRC, 1918
Australian Army Nursing Service
DOWSON, Dorothy Joan - MBE(C), 1980
Red Cross & ex-servicemen & women
DOYLE, Eileen Agnes - ISM, 1970
Labour Department - Typist
DOYLE, Mary Ann - BEM(C), 1978
Migrants & the community
DOYLE, Priscilla Mary Jane - BEM(C), 1978
Red Cross
DRAKE-BROCKMAN, Henrietta Frances York - OBE(C), 1967
Australian literature
DRAPER, Elizabeth Helen - ARRC, 1919
AANS - With British forces in Salonika
DREXL, Hannah Patricia - MBE(C), 1976
Community
DRUMMOND, Bessie - ISM, 1969
NSW Public Health - Sub-Matron
DRUMMOND, Meryl Dalgleish - ISM, 1972
PMG - Stamp Sales Assistant
DUFF, Edna Mavis - BEM(C), 1977
Community
DUFFY, Thelma May - ISM, 1967
NSW Public Health - Charge Nurse
DUGAN, Margaret Christine - ISM, 1979
Victoria Police Hospital - Matron
DUN, Beatrice Jean - MBE(C), 1937
Matron of the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
DUNCAN, Helen Jean - MBE(C), 1978
Community
DUNCAN, Jane Miller Corbett - ISM, 1959
Repatriation Department - Supervising Typist
DUNCAN, Jane Miller Corbett - ISM, 1959
N/A
DUNCAN, Marie Lorna - MBE(C), 1969
Ex-servicemen
DUNCAN, Merline Annie - MBE(C), 1957
Blind persons
DUNCAN, Veronica Mary - BEM(C), 1976
Community
DUNCOMBE, Mary Damien - OBE(C), 1962
All Hallows Convent, Brisbane (Mother Mary)
DUNELL, Esme Weldon - MBE(C), 1977
Public service
DUNKLEY, Edith Roma May - BEM(C), 1979
Community
DUNLOP, Margaret Agnes - BEM(C), 1977
Community
DUNN, Doreen Beatrice - MBE(C), 1964
Secretary to the Premier of South Australia
DUNN, Dorothea June` - MBE(C), 1976
Performing arts
DUNN, M M - ISM, 1965
N/A
DUNN, Margaret Mary - ISM, 1965
Housing Department - Typist-in-Charge
DUNNE, Mary - ISM, 1936
NSW Police - Matron
DUNNE, Teresa J - RRC, 1918
Australian Army Nursing Service
DUNNE, Vera Florence - BEM(C), 1971
Postmistress at Wollondilly, NSW
DUNPHY, Marcia Erica - ISM, 1968
PMG - Supervisor
DUNPHY, Monica Erica - ISM, 1968
N/A
DUQUESNE, Robert Jean - ISM, 1957
NSW Public Health Department - Junior Charge Nurse
DURACK, Elizabeth - CMG, 1982
Services to art & literature
DURACK, Mary - DBE(C), 1977
Services to literature (Mrs HC Miller)
DURDIN, Patricia Margaret - OBE(C), 1952
Nurse Mt Lamington volcanic eruption in PNG
DURHAM, Ethel Sarah - MBE(C), 1960
Social welfare
DURHAM, Irene Ethel - ISM, 1971
Labour Department - Employment Officer
DURHAM, Mavis Laureen - BEM(C), 1980
Music
DURHAM, Sophie Hill - MBE(C), 1941
Social welfare
DUSTING, Ellestan Joyce - OBE(C), 1969
Private Secretary to the Minister of External Affairs
DWYER, Agnes Ellen - MBE(C), 1957
Matron of Concord Repatriation Hospital
DWYER, Margaret Ann - ISM, 1967
NSW Public Health - Welfare Officer
DYER, Olive May - MBE(C), 1954
Lepers in New South Wales
DYSON, Gertrude Florence - MBE(C), 1963
President - Victoria Ladies' Benevelont Society