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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.

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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.

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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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