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Life Summary

Name	Lois Gertrude Quarrell
Alternative Names	Lois Gertrude Hendry
Born	19 November, 1914 Corryton, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Died	19 June, 1991 (aged 76) Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Cause of Death	heart disease
Religious Influence	Methodist Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Mills, May (colleague)
Education *	Adelaide Technical High School (student, 1927-1931)
Occupation or Descriptor *	Girl Guides’ leader (1932-1960) South Australia, Australia journalist (1932-1977) South Australia, Australia sports writer (1932-1949) South Australia, Australia sports administrator (1938-1977) South Australia, Australia radio sports broadcaster (1946-1949) South Australia, Australia
Key Organisations *	Parkside Bowling Club (Adelaide) (member) Westbourne Park hockey team (Adelaide) (coach) South Australian Women’s Amateur Swimming Association (secretary, 1938-1949) South Australian Women’s Amateur Swimming Association (founder, 1938-1938) South Australian Women’s Amateur Athletics Association (founder, 1941-1941) Moral Re-Armament (member, 1949-1953) Advertiser (Adelaide) newspaper (journalist, 1953-1977) South Australian Women’s Amateur Sports Council (founder, 1953-1953) Sportswomen’s Association of Australia (SA) (founder, 1966-1966) Sportswomen’s Association of Australia (SA) (chair, 1966)
Workplaces *	Advertiser (Adelaide) newspaper (journalist, 1932-1949) 5AD radio station (Adelaide) (radio presenter, 1946-1949)

* Dates are approximate