People Australia

Life Summary [details]

Alternative Names

• Granville, Florence Violet
• Wallace, Florence Violet

Birth

28 September, 1890
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Death

23 May, 1982 (aged 91)
Greenwich, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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.

• English

Education

• Thirroul Public School (NSW)
• Sydney Girls' High School
• Sydney Technical College
• University of Sydney

Occupation or Descriptor

• adult educator
• children's author
• electrical engineer
• food writer
• telegraphist

Military Service

• World War II

Awards

• Officer of the Order of the British Empire
• Victorian Honour Roll of Women

Legacies

• McKenzie Chair (ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science)

Key Organisations

• Wireless Institute of Australia
• Electrical Association for Women (Australia)
• Australian Women's Flying Club (NSW)
• Women's Emergency Signalling Corps (NSW)
• Australian Institute of Navigation
• Ex-WRANS Association
• Royal Naval Amateur Radio Society