• Entry type: Person
  • Entry ID: AWE0920

Parker, Marjorie Bryson (Madge)

(1908 – 1997)
  • Born 17 June 1908, Ardrossan, South Australia, Australia
  • Died 13 December 1997
  • Occupation Servicewoman

Summary

Madge Parker was born on the Yorke Peninsula and lived near Ardrossan. Her father grew wheat, barley and oats. They moved to Adelaide when her father retired and Madge was 16. She went to London in 1939 to completed a course dealing cosmetics and came home via America. She worked in Sydney and was in Melbourne when she joined the Women’s Royal Australian Air Force (WRAAFS) where she completed an officers’ course.

Archival resources

  • State Library of South Australia
    • Interview with Madge Parker [sound recording] Interviewer: Yvonne Abbott

Published resources

Related entries


  • Related Organisations
    • Women's Royal Australian Air Force (WRAAF) (1950 - 1977)
  • Membership
    • Lyceum Club Adelaide Incorporated (1922 - )