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3 unusual facts about Mary Stevenson


Mary Stevenson

She was a commandant of No. 750 Voluntary Aid Detachment during the Second World War, and was awarded a citation from the Duchess of Gloucester in her capacity as spouse of the Governor-General.

After the war she was elected to the board of Canberra Community Hospital, and also served on the ACT Tourist Bureau Advisory Board and as Girl Guides Divisional Commissioner.

In January 1925 she married Robert Stevenson, and they emigrated to Queanbeyan in New South Wales in March 1925, moving to the Canberra suburb of Griffith in 1926.



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