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Name	Catherine Beatrice Edmonds
Alternative Names	Catherine Holloway Catherine Elliott Catherine Mackay-Elliott Catherine Elliott-Mackay
Born	11 November, 1900 Penrith, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	16 April, 1960 (aged 59) Regentville, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cultural Heritage	Irish Scottish Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Occupation or Descriptor *	bar staff (1924-1945) New South Wales, Australia autobiographer/memoirist (1952-1960) New South Wales, Australia

* Dates are approximate