Biographical entry Meares, Mary Emma Goldsmith (1889 - 1964)

Summary

Mary Meares was a welfare worker in Western Australia. In 1914 she joined the Western Australian division of the British Red Cross Society and served in Voluntary Aid Detachments (VADs). She later became Commandant of the No. 507 VAD and Assistant State Controller of the VADs. Meares served overseas as a welfare worker with the British Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) and the British Army. Other roles undertaken by Meares included Director of the Red Cross Hospital Visiting Committee, Honorary Secretary of the Soldiers' Welcome Committee and Assistant Secretary to the Maimed and Limbless Soldiers' Association.

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Events

1921

Award - Certificate of Merit received from the Returned Sailors' and Soldiers' (and Airmen's) Imperial League

1935

Award - King George V Silver Jubilee Medal received

1935

Award - Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

1937

Award - King George VI Coronation Medal received

Published resources

Book Sections

• Birman, Wendy, 'Meares, Mary Emma Goldsmith (1889-1964), welfare worker', in John Ritchie (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 15, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 2000, pp. 343-344. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A150405b.htm. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Meares, Mary Emma Goldsmith', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1467667. Details

See also

• Alexander, John A. (ed.), Who's Who in Australia 1944, vol. 12, The Herald and Weekly Times Ltd, Melbourne, 1944, 906 pp. Details