Ada Elizabeth Armytage (1858–1939)
The sudden death on Sunday of Miss Ada Elizabeth Armytage, of Beaconsfield, has deprived many young people, as well as returned soldiers and their dependants, of a warm friend.
Miss Armytage worked for the soldiers first by selling a small Belgian flag during the Great War, and button and flag days followed so closely that she may be said to have originated these here.
Besides working for the Red Cross and the Comforts Fund, Miss Armytage was greatly interested in the Boy Scout movement. She was responsible for the building of the Scout hall at Berwick and the 1st Dandenong Scouts' Company was called, in her honour, "Armytage's Own." During the Great World Jamboree of 1935, Holm Park, Miss Armytage's home at Beaconsfield, was the scene of the camp, and she entertained Scouts of 29 different nationalities.
Miss Armytage's remains were cremated at Springvale.
Arrangements were made by A. A. Sleight Pty Ltd, St. Kilda road, Melbourne.
Original publication
Additional Resources
- 'Ball at Dandenong', Argus (Melbourne), 4 July 1930, p 5
- 'Fairy Godmother to Scouts', Australian Women's Weekly, 26 January 1935, p 23
- probate, Argus (Melbourne), 20 March 1940, p 8
Related Entries in NCB Sites
- Armytage, Ada Elizabeth
- Armytage, Caroline Morrell (mother)
- Armytage, Charles Henry (father)
- Armytage, George Herbert (brother)
- Armytage, Harold Augustus (brother)
- Hopkins, Eliza Ann (aunt)
- Armytage, Frederick William (uncle)
- Armytage, Mary Susan (aunt by marriage)
- Hopkins, John Rout (uncle by marriage)
- Armytage, Elizabeth (grandmother)
- Armytage, George (grandfather)
- Armytage, Oscar Ferdinand (cousin)
- Armytage, Harry (cousin)
- Armytage, Frank (cousin)
- Armytage, Bertram (cousin)
Citation details
'Armytage, Ada Elizabeth (1858–1939)', Obituaries Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/armytage-ada-elizabeth-26/text26, accessed 2 October 2023.
Ada Armytage, by Jack Cato, n.d.
from University of Melbourne Archives, UMA/I/2834
Life Summary [details]
Birth
1858
Balmoral,
Victoria,
Australia
Death
3 September,
1939
(aged ~ 81)
Victoria,
Australia
Religious Influence
Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.