Colonel Sybil Howy Irving, MBE

Date of birth	1897-02-25	Melbourne, VIC.
Other	1924	Became secretary of the Girl Guides association of Victoria.
Other	1935	Became foundation member of the Victorian Society for Crippled Children (and Adults). She continued to work for the society until her death.
Date of honour or award	1939-01-02	Member of the Order of the British Empire, for social welfare services in Victoria.
Other	1940	Left the Girl Guides Association to take up the post of assistant secretary of the Victorian Red Cross Society.
Date and unit at appointment (Officers)	1941-10	Resigned from Red Cross to establish and adminster the Australian Women's Army Service.
Date promoted	1942-01	Promoted to lieutenant colonel.
Date promoted	1943-02	Promoted to colonel.
Other	1946-12-31	Resigned from the command of the Australian Women's Army Service.
Other	1947	Became general secretary of the Victorian Division of the Red Cross.
Other	1951	Was given the rank of honorary colonel in the Women's Royal Australian Army Corps, successor to the Australian Women's Army Corps.
Other	1959	Resigned from the Red Cross and became an honorary life member of the society.
Other	1961	Consultant to Elderly Citizens Clubs, with the Old Peoples Welfare Council in Victoria, later called Victorian Council on the Ageing.
Other	1961	Irving resigned from the army.
Other	1971	Retired from Victorian Council on the Ageing.
Date of death	1973-03-28	South Yarra, VIC.