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Bonney, Maude Rose (Lores) (1897–1994)

aviator and community leader

Lores Bonney, boarding her Gypsy Moth at Charleville, c.1933

Lores Bonney, boarding her Gypsy Moth at Charleville, c.1933

State Library of Queensland, 49962

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Lores Bonney, boarding her Gypsy Moth at Charleville, c.1933

Lores Bonney, boarding her Gypsy Moth at Charleville, c.1933

State Library of Queensland, 49962

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Alternative Names
  • Rubens, Maude Rose
Birth

20 November, 1897
Pretoria, South Africa

Death

24 February, 1994 (aged 96)
Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

Cause of Death

pneumonia

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