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Life Summary

Name	Vera Deakin White
Alternative Names	Vera Deakin
Born	25 December, 1891 South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died	9 August, 1978 (aged 86) South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Religious Influence	Anglican 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] White, Thomas Walter (husband) Deakin, Alfred (father) Brookes, Ivy (sister) Brookes, Herbert Robinson (brother-in-law) Rivett, Albert Cherbury David (brother-in-law) Browne, Hugh Junor (grandfather) Rivett, Rohan Deakin (nephew) Scantlebury, Lilian Avis (colleague)
Education *	Melbourne Girls Grammar (student, 1904-1907)
Occupation or Descriptor *	Red Cross worker (1914-1915) Victoria, Australia Red Cross worker (1915-1919) Overseas Red Cross administrator (1919-1951) Victoria, Australia charity worker (1931-1951) Victoria, Australia Red Cross worker (1957-1978) Victoria, Australia charity worker (1961-1965) Victoria, Australia
Military Service *	World War I (Red Cross worker)
Awards	Officer of the Order of the British Empire (recipient, 1917)
Clubs *	Lyceum Club (Melbourne) (member)
Key Organisations *	Victorian Society for Crippled Children (committee member) Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne (committee member, 1931-1939) Red Cross Society (Vic) (commandant, 1938-1945) Red Cross Society (national) (honorary life member, 1945-1978) Red Cross Society (national) (vice-chair, 1945-1950) Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne (life governor, 1949-1978) Victorian Society for Crippled Children (president, 1961-1965) Red Cross Society (national) (vice-chair, 1964-1966)

* Dates are approximate