Vera Deakin White

Vera Deakin White OBE
Deakin in 1918
Born	Vera Deakin (1891-12-25)25 December 1891 South Yarra, Victoria, Australia
Died	9 August 1978(1978-08-09) (aged 86) South Yarra, Victoria, Australia
Education	Melbourne Girls Grammar
Spouse(s)	Sir Thomas White (m. 1920; died 1957)
Parent(s)	Alfred Deakin Pattie Browne
Relatives	Ivy Brookes (sister) Herbert Brookes (brother-in-law)

Vera Deakin White OBE (25 December 1891 – 9 August 1978), also known as Lady White,^[1] was an Australian humanitarian known for her long involvement with the Australian Red Cross. In 1915, aged 23, she established the Australian Wounded and Missing Enquiry Bureau to assist the families of soldiers. The bureau, initially based in Cairo and later in London, responded to thousands of requests for information during the First World War.