13. Stella Elizabeth Piercy Austin 1927 [1659]

PARENT 12. William Piercy Austin 1892 [1439]

STELLA ELIZABETH PIERCY AUSTIN b 14 June 1927 in Victoria d 7 February 2002, Victoria, aged 75.

She was cremated at the Springvale Necropolis cemetery on the 13 February 2002 and her ashes interred with her parents and brother- Joshua Jordan Lawn Row AT Grave 17.

She was also born in Oakleigh, Victoria and received her early education at Yoogalie Public School, New South Wales. In 1941 she enrolled at St Michael’s College, St Kilda. In 1948, she began a career in nursing at a children’s hospital in Melbourne and graduated as a nurse in 1951. She worked at various hospitals in Australia, and spent time at St George’s Hospital in Kew, Melbourne, where she obtained a certificate to practice as a midwife. She retired in 1984 and lived at the former home of her parents in Croydon, Victoria. She remained single. As the surviving descendant of Bishop William Piercy Austin’s eldest son, she had possession of the miniature portrait of Thomas Austin.