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Mary (May) Stewart Douglas
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Lieutenant Colonel Lieutenant Colonel Mary (May) Stewart Douglas, OBE, OAM. Born 20 January 1904 in Victor Harbor, May Douglas served as Captain and Commissioner of the Girl Guides Association 1923 to 1941, Assistant Controller of the Australian Women's Army Service 1941 to 1943, Controller of the Australian Army Medical Women's Service 1943 to 1946, State Commissioner of the South Australian Girl Guides 1952 to 1958.

Awarded the OBE for her service to Girl Guides and the OAM for service to veterans, she died on 6 May 1999.

* Captain and Commissioner of the Girl Guides Association
* Assistant Controller of the Australian Women's Army Service
* Controller of the Australian Army Medical Women's' Service
* District Commissioner of the Girl Guides
* Deputy South Australian Commissioner of the Girl Guides
* State Commissioner of the South Australian Girl Guides
* Appointed an Officer of the British Empire (OBE)
* Life member of the South Australian Council of Girl Guides
* Honorary Colonel of the Women's Royal Australian Army Corps
* Awarded Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)

 

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