Clara Emily Barron nee Kelly was the the founder and president of the Western Australian division of the Australian Red Cross.
She was born in Loughbrown, Kildare in 1857, to Clara Ward, and Thomas Conyngham Kelly.
When World War I broke out in August 1914, Lady Helen Munro Ferguson wrote to Barron, making her a member of the central branch of the Australian Red Cross, which Ferguson had formed in response to the war. Ferguson also invited Barron to form and preside over the Western Australian division as its president.[1]
She had a daughter Lilian Vaughan Barron, born on 1 December 1878.
Barron who had been living in her residence Swiss Cottage in Waybridge, Surrey, died in London on 24 May 1936.[2]
References
edit- ^ "RED CROSS SOCIETY". The Daily News. Vol. XXXIV, no. 12 587. Western Australia. 23 June 1915. p. 2. Retrieved 14 July 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "THE SOCIAL ROUND". The Mercury. Vol. CXLV, no. 20508. Tasmania Australia. 22 July 1936. p. 3. Retrieved 14 July 2024 – via National Library of Australia.