Peach Kathleen May
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Kath Peach was born in 1934 at Burton-on-Trent England, to Daisy and John Peach. In 1955 she emigrated to Australia to live with Gwyne & Lloyd Lavis in Blanch Street, Gawler East.
Kath’s journey to Australia was on the SS Arcadia, she was sea sick most of the journey, on disembarking at Outer Harbour she wondered what she had let herself into. The Main North Road was a single lane, the journey was hot dusty. Coming into the Gawler over the Mill Bridge she saw the Southern Hotel with its hitching posts and wondered what is this ?- it looked like an old cowboy movie scene.
As a young woman Kath had joined the St. John Ambulance Cadets in England and when she settled in Gawler joined the Adelaide nursing division of St. John’s as a volunteer. Kath’s service with St. John Ambulance was rewarded in 1993 when she was made a Commander of St. John (one of the highest honours given by St. John Ambulance). In 2001 she was awarded the Centenary of Federation Award.
In 2004 Kath was presented with the 4th Gilt Bar to the Service Medal of the Order (for 47 years of efficient service) by the then Governor of South Australia, Marjorie Nelson Jackson.
Weapons Research Establishment was Kath’s place of employment from 1955 – 1990 when she retired.
Kath joined the Red Cross in 1990 and is currently Vice President of Gawler Red Cross.
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