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Name	Mary Bridget Holmes
Born	1904 Collie, Western Australia, Australia
Died	18 April, 1989 (aged ~ 85) Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Religious Influence	Catholic 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.
Education *	St Brigid's (Collie, WA) (student, 1909-1915) Iona Presentation College (Mosman Park, WA) (student, 1916-1919)
Occupation *	clerk (1922-1960) Western Australia, Australia political activist (1922-1989) Western Australia, Australia women's activist (1922-1989) Western Australia, Australia
Awards	Member of the Order of Australia (recipient, 1978)
Key Organisations *	Council on the Ageing (WA) (member, ?-?)
Political Activism *	ALP (WA) (life member, ?-1989) ALP (WA) (member, ?-1989) Labor Women's Central Executive (WA) (member, ?-?) Perth Labor Women (member, ?-?) Perth Labor Women (secretary, 1937-1987)
Workplaces *	Australian Timber Workers' Union (WA) (clerk, 1922-1928)

* Dates are approximate

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