People Australia

Life Summary [details]

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

Cultural Heritage

Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.

• French
• German
• South African

Religious Influence

Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.

• Catholic
• Jewish

Education

• Star of the Sea College (Brighton, Melbourne)
• Cromarty Girls' School (Elsternwick, Melbourne)
• Victoria-Pensionat (Bad Homburg, Germany)

Occupation

• aviator
• Red Cross worker

Military Service

• World War I

Awards

• Qantas Trophy
• Member of the Order of the British Empire
• Nancy Bird Walton Trophy
• Member of the Order of Australia
• Australian Aviation Hall of Fame

Legacies

• Bonney Ave (Clayfield, Brisbane)
• Bonney state electorate (Qld)
• Lores Bonney Circuit (Gold Coast Airport, Coolangatta, Qld)
• Lores Bonney Drive (Archerfield, Brisbane)
• Mrs Harry (Lores) Bonney award (Australian Women Pilots' Association, Qld)

Key Organisations

• Women's International Association of Aeronautics
• Women's Voluntary National Register (Qld)
• Australian Women Pilots' Association (Qld)