Vera DEAKIN OBE

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Service Number:	N/A
Enlisted:	20 October 1915, established the Wounded and Missing Enquiry Bureau of the Australian Red Cross in Cairo, Egypt in 1915
Last Rank:	Senior Representative
Last Unit:	Voluntary Aid Detachment
Born:	South Yarra, Victoria, Australia, 25 December 1891
Home Town:	South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Melbourne Church of England Girls' Grammar School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Charity worker, Red Cross administrator, Red Cross worker
Died:	South Yarra, Victoria, Australia, 9 August 1978, aged 86 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Queenscliff Cemetery, Victoria, Australia QCF-SECT-2A-807-063A
Memorials:

20 Oct 1915:	Enlisted Philanthropic Organisations, Senior Representative, N/A, Voluntary Aid Detachment, established the Wounded and Missing Enquiry Bureau of the Australian Red Cross in Cairo, Egypt in 1915
2 Jan 1918:	Honoured Officer of the Order of the British Empire, For her work with the Red Cross during WW1, Vera was awarded an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1918 New Year Honours, she was just 26 years old.

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