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Millicent BryantPrint Page 
21-June-2015
Photographs supplied by Pamela Stomberg
The plaque on the grave of Millicent Bryant, commemorates the first woman in Australia to gain an “A” private pilot licence in 1927. The plaque was unveiled on the 80th Anniversary.
Just seven months after gaining her pilot`s licence in 1927, she was killed in the Greycliffe tragedy, when the passenger liner Tahiti ran over and sank the small ferry Greycliffe in Sydney Harbour on the 3rd November 1927.
Location
| Address: | Griffiths Street, Manly Cemetery, Plot H.389, Manly, 2095 |
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| State: | NSW |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -33.792864 Long: 151.270946 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Plaque |
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| Monument Theme: | People |
| Sub-Theme: | Aviation |
| Actual Event Start Date: | 23-March-1927 |
| Actual Event End Date: | 23-March-1927 |
Dedication
| Approx. Monument Dedication Date: | May-2007 |
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Front Inscription
Source: MAAustralian Womens Pilots Association commemorates Millicent Maude Bryant
The first woman in Australia to gain an “A” Private Pilot Licence Number A71 in a De Havilland 60 Moth aircraft on 23rd March 1927
80th Anniversary 1927 - 2007
Monument details supplied by Monument Australia - www.monumentaustralia.org.au
