Jessie Mary Vasey was the founder and President of the War Widows' Guild of Australia.
Jessie Vasey (second from the left) on the wharf bidding farewell to the departing troop transport RMS Strathallan carrying her husband George Alan Vasey and the Advance Party of the 6th Division AIF to service overseas. Vasey is flanked by her sisters Thelma Halbert (left) and Doris Sleigh (second from right), and her sister-in-law Marjorie Vasey (right).
Lieutenant General Sir Thomas Blamey talks with Vasey, Lieutenant Colonel George Alan Vasey and Lieutenant Colonel J. A. Chapman on board the troop transport RMS Strathallan during the embarkation of the Advance Party 6th Division AIF for service overseas.
An investiture ceremony was held at Government House where service personnel received awards from the Governor-General of Australia, Field Marshal Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester. Mrs Jessie Vasey, who received the CB, CBE, and bar to the DSO awarded to her late husband, talks with the Governor of Victoria, Major General Sir Winston Dugan.
Methodist Ladies' College is a non-selective, non-denominational private day and boarding school for girls, located in Kew, an eastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The school has two addi
Jessie Vasey
…Moreton Bay Girls' High School. The family moved to Victoria in 1911, where Jessie attended Lauriston Girls' School. In 1913, she became a border at the Methodist Ladies' College, Melbourne (MLC). Jessie continued her education at the University of Melbourne living at Trinity College Hostel. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts with First…
Methodist Ladies' College, c. 1930