- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE0413
Douglas, Mary Stewart (May)
- OBE, OAM
- Preferred name Douglas, May
- Born 20 January 1904, Victor Harbour, South Australia, Australia
- Died 6 May 1999
- Occupation Servicewoman
Summary
On 1 June 1953 May Douglas was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, in recognition for her service as Commissioner of Girl Guides in South Australia. She was also awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia on 26 January 1997 for service to veterans, particularly through the Women’s Royal Australian Army Corps Association, and the Australia Remembers 1945-1995 Celebrations.
Events
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1958
Life member of the South Australian Council of Girl Guides
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1952 - 1958
State Commissioner of the South Australian Girl Guides
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2061 - 2066
Honorary Colonel of the Women’s Royal Australian Army Corps
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1923 - 1941
Captain and Commissioner of the Girl Guides Association
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1941 - 1943
Assistant Controller of the Australian Women’s Army Service
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1943 - 1946
Controller of the Australian Army Medical Womens’ Service
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1946 - 1948
District Commissioner of the Girl Guides
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1949 - 1952
Deputy South Australian Commissioner of the Girl Guides
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1997
Awarded Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)
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2053
Appointed an Officer of the British Empire (OBE)
Archival resources
- National Archives of Australia, National Office, Canberra
- National Library of Australia
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Australian War Memorial, Research Centre
- Major Mary Douglas (seated) formerly of the Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS)
- End of War Awards - submissions by [Quartermaster-General and Director-General of Medical Services]
- A pre-dinner chat for Women's Royal Australian Army Corps (WRAAC) officers
- Officers at the Conference of Assistant and Deputy Assistant Controllers, Australian Army Medical Women's Service.
- Officers at the conference of Assistant and Deputy Assistant Controllers, Australian Army Medical Women's Service
- Lieutenant-Colonel May Douglas
- Members of the Girl Guides Association (South Australia) working in the depot during their thrift campaign to raise funds for organisations such as the Red Cross
Digital resources
- Title: Women's Royal Australian Army Corps (WRAAC) officers
- Type: Image
- Description: A pre-dinner chat for Women's Royal Australian Army Corps (WRAAC) officers, left to right: Major Lucy Crane of Eastern Command, Sydney; Colonel Dawn Jackson, Director of WRAAC; Honorary Colonel May Douglas, WRAAC Honorary Colonel, and Major Dulcie Verender, Chief Instructor of the WRAAC. They were among fifty officers at a dining out night at the WRAAC Officer School, Mosman, in honour of Colonel Douglas, who retires this week. Guests at the dinner represented all States of Australia. Mosman, Sydney
- Date: 3 May, 2023
Published resources
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Resource Section
- DOUGLAS, MARY STEWART, Department of Veterans' Affairs, 2002, http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/script/veteran.asp?ServiceID=A&VeteranID=693236
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Book
- Soldiers of the Queen : women in the Australian Army, Bomford, Janette, 2001
- Notable lives : profiles of 21 South Australians, Cockburn, Stewart, 1997
- Colonel Best and her soldiers: The Story of the 33 years of the Women's Royal Australian Army Corps, Ollif, Lorna, 1985
- From blue to khaki: The enlisted voluntary aids and others who became members of the Australian Army Medical Women's Service and served from 19421-1951, Mount-Batten, Betty J, 1995
- A Stroll down memory lane, WRAAC Association, 2001
- Edited Book
- Book Section
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Resource
- Trove: Douglas, Mary Stewart (1904-1999), http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-773058
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