Alison Hilma Barbara Cranley MBE (1910 - 1987)

Born 20 Apr 1910 in Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia

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Died 29 Aug 1987 at age 77 in East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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Biography

Alison Hilma Barbara Cranley, known as Hilma, was born on 20 April 1910 in Fitzroy, Victoria. She was the daughter of Robert William Cranley and Alice Fanny (Tuck) Cranley.^[1][2]

She was registered as a teacher in 1925.^[3][4] She was active in the Victorian Teachers Union, becoming a vice-president in 1961 and president in 1965–67. She was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire on 1 January 1970 for services to education.^[1][5]

Hilma Cranley died on 29 August 1987 at St Andrew's Hospital in East Melbourne, aged 77.^[6][7] Her funeral was held on 1 September 1987 at Springvale Botanical Cemetery.^[8][9]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Andrew Spaull, Cranley, Alison Hilma (1910–1987), Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, published first in hardcopy 2007, accessed online 3 July 2023.
2. ↑ Victoria BDM birth registration number 11111/1910. Name: Alison Helma Barbara Cranley; father: Robt Wm; mother: Tuck Alison; place: Fitzroy. Accessed 30 July 2021.
3. ↑ Public Record Office Victoria. Teacher Record Books. Search: Alison Hilma Barbara Victoria Cranley. Registration number: 25057; Date of registration: 1925; Volume: 81. Image 177 of Teacher Record No. 24900-25199. CC BY 4.0. Accessed 3 July 2023.
4. ↑ Public Record Office Victoria. Search: https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/3D9723EE-F7E4-11E9-AE98-4D6B8AE91A36/about. Teacher Record No. 24900-25199. 1925-1926. 1925-01-01 - 1926-12-31. CC BY 4.0. Accessed 1 July 2023.
5. ↑ The Australian Women's Register. Cranley, Alison Hilma Barbara. Accessed 3 July 2023.
6. ↑ Alison Hilma Cranley, died 29 August 1987, at St Andrew's Hospital. Death notice published on 31 August 1987 in The Age (Melbourne), cited in: Ryerson Index Inc., "The Ryerson Index to Death Notices and Obituaries in Australian Newspapers." Accessed 27 July 2021.
7. ↑ Victoria BDM death registration number 21123/1987. Name: Alison Hilma Cranley; father: Cranley Robert William; mother: Tuck Alison; place: Melbourne East; age: 77; birthplace: Fitzroy. Accessed 3 July 2023.
8. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 03 July 2023), memorial page for Alison Hilma Cranley (20 Apr 1910–29 Aug 1987) Find A Grave: Memorial #244272729, citing Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Springvale, Greater Dandenong City, Victoria, Australia; maintained by ! woowoo (contributor 49949980). Plot Cremated remains scattered at cemetery.
9. ↑ Alison Hilma Cranley, Funeral 1 September 1987. Funeral notice published on 31 August 1987 in The Age (Melbourne), cited in: Ryerson Index Inc., "The Ryerson Index to Death Notices and Obituaries in Australian Newspapers." Accessed 27 July 2021.

See also:

• Still So Much to Learn: The Age (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) 12 Dec 1975, page 37. Clipped from newspapers.com 3 July 2023.