Naomi Wolinski

Chivalric Order Member

1881 – 1969

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Who was Naomi Wolinski?

Naomi Herman Wolinski, MBE was an Australian sports activist/administrator, who organised fundraising and the production of clothing for servicemen during World War II.

The daughter of a Polish-born rabbi, Solomon Herman, she and her husband took up lawn bowls in the late 1920s, playing at the Wollstonecraft Bowling Club. In 1953 she was awarded Queen Elizabeth II's coronation medal. In 1960, she was appointed MBE. Naomi Wolinski died in 1969, aged 88, in Sydney.

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Born
Mar 26, 1881
Bendigo
Died
1969

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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