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Name	Dame Pattie Maie Menzies
Alternative Names	Pattie Maie Leckie
Born	2 March, 1899 Alexandra, Victoria, Australia
Died	30 August, 1995 (aged 96) Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Cause of Death	unknown
Related Entries	[View as tree] Menzies, Robert Gordon (husband) Leckie, John William (father) Leckie, Hattie Martha (stepmother) Green, Isabel Alice (sister-in-law) Plowman, Elsie May (friend) Stafford, Alfred George (friend) Lyons, Joseph Aloysius (acquaintance) Page, Earle Christmas (acquaintance)
Education *	Presbyterian Ladies' College (Melbourne) (student, 1910-1911) Fintona Girls' School (Balwyn, Melbourne) (student, 1911-1915)
Occupation or Descriptor *	charity worker (1930-1950) Victoria, Australia prime minister's spouse (1939-1940) Federal, Australia prime minister's spouse (1949-1966) Federal, Australia
Awards	Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (recipient, 1954)
Legacies *	Dame Pattie Menzies Liberal Foundation (eponym)
Key Organisations *	Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne (charity worker) Royal Melbourne Hospital (charity worker)

* Dates are approximate