The Australian Women's Register

Summary

During World War II Beryl Pender was superintendent in Queensland of the Australian Women’s Land Army (AWLA). She was previously with the Queensland Public Service and secretary to the Queensland Trade Commission. Pender was the first married woman to be readmitted to the public service on the outbreak of the war. Following the war she maintained an interest in the ‘land girls’ and helped with the organising of the 30-year reunion and a short history of the organisation.

Events

• 1920

  Joined the Queensland Public Service

• 1939

  Married solicitor Edward Francis Pender

• 1946

  Divorced

• 1942

  Appointed administrative officer with the Australian Women’s Land Army (Queensland)

• 1943

  Appointed State superintendent of the Australian Women’s Land Army (Queensland)

• 1946

  Married grazier Daniel Matthew McLeish

• 1950

  Administrator with Building & Industrial Suppliers Pty Ltd