Born in South Yarra, Melbourne City, Victoria, Australia
Ancestors 
Daughter of Alfred Deakin
and Elizabeth Martha Ann (Browne) Deakin
Sister of
Ivy (Deakin) Brookes and Stella (Deakin) Rivett
Wife of
Thomas Walter White KBE DFC VD
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 86
in South Yarra, Melbourne City, Victoria, Australia
Profile last modified
| Created 7 Mar 2019
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Biography
Vera was born in 1891. She was the daughter of Alfred Deakin and Elizabeth Browne.
Youngest daughter of Alfred (Australia's second Prime Minister) and Elizabeth Martha Anne (nee Browne) Deakin. Wife of Sir Thomas White.
Red Cross Worker. Founder of the Australian Wounded and Missing Inquiry Bureau in the First World War.
She was appointed O.B.E. in 1917 at the age of 25 years.
She passed away in 1978 in South Yarra, Melbourne City, Victoria.
Vera was cremated at the Springvale Botanical Cemetery, aged 86 years. Her ashes were initially collected by her family and later interred next to her husband at the Queenscliff cemetery, Point Lonsdale, Greater Geelong City, Victoria.
Sources
- Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950
Birth, Marriage & Death Name Vera Deakin Spouse Thomas Walter White Date of Marriage 1920.
- Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985
Birth, Marriage & Death Name Vera Deakin White Mother Elizabeth Mar Browne Father Alfred Deakin Death 1978 Victoria
- Australia and New Zealand, Find A Grave Index, 1800s-Current
Birth, Marriage & Death Name: Lady Vera Deakin White BIRTH 25 Dec 1891 South Yarra, Melbourne City, Victoria, Australia DEATH 9 Aug 1978 (aged 86) South Yarra, Melbourne City, Victoria, Australia BURIAL Queenscliff cemetery Point Lonsdale, Greater Geelong City, Victoria, Australia PLOT QCF-SECT-2A-807-063A MEMORIAL ID 152071903 ยท View Source: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/152071903
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