People Australia

Life Summary [details]

Alternative Names

• MacMahon, Mary

Birth

24 August, 1896
Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia

Death

11 June, 1983 (aged 86)
Fitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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

Education

• Loreto Normanhurst (Sydney)
• Loreto College (Ballarat, Vic)

Occupation or Descriptor

• Catholic lay leader
• charity worker
• children's author
• military welfare worker
• Red Cross administrator

Awards

• King George V Silver Jubilee Medal
• Officer of the Order of the British Empire
• Commander of the Order of the British Empire
• Dame Commander of the British Empire
• Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice

Key Organisations

• Anti-Cancer Council (Vic)
• Caritas Christi Hospice (Melbourne)
• Girl Guides' Association (Vic)
• National Heart Foundation (Vic)
• Red Cross Society (national)
• Red Cross Society (Vic)
• Ryder-Cheshire Foundation (Australia)
• Yooralla Hospital School for Crippled Children (Melbourne)
• Loreto Old Girls' Association
• St Vincent's Hospital (Melbourne)
• St Anne's Hall (Carlton, Melbourne)
• St Vincent’s Hospital (Melbourne) committee
• Catholic Welfare Organisation (Vic)
• Caritas (Vic)