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Agnes Pinnick
Agnes Pinnick | |
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| Born | Agnes Elizabeth Hancock James 1901 Wandsworth, London, UK |
| Died | 7 August 1953 Alor Setar, Kedah, Malaysia |
| Nationality | British |
| Other names | Mrs A W Pinnick |
| Education | University of London |
| Spouse |
Alfred William Pinnick
(m. 1926) |
| Children | 1 |
Agnes Pinnick (1901 – 7 August 1953) was a Girl Guide executive. She was chief commissioner for Malaya and Singapore Girl Guides in the 1940s and was credited with "reorganising the Girl Guide movement" in Malaysia after WWII.[1][2] During WWII she was chair of the Western Australia Guide International Service (GIS) committee. [3] In 1950 she received the Silver Fish Award, the Girl Guide Association's (GGA) highest adult honour, the first person from Singapore or Malaysia to receive the award.[4][5]
- ^ "Girl Guides mourn Mrs. Pinnick". The Straits Budget. Singapore. 1953-08-13. p. 14.
- ^ Madge (1947-07-06). "Spotlight on Malayans". The Straits Times. Singapore. p. 2.
- ^ "Postwar Jobs for Guides". The Daily News. Perth, Australia. 1945-02-16. p. 3.
- ^ "In Memoriam". The Guider (Vol. XL No. 9 ed.). London, UK: Girl Guides Association. September 1953. p. 198.
- ^ Tan, Kevin Y L (2023). Doing Our Best: A History of the Girl Guides in Singapore 1914-2022. Singapore: Girl Guides Singapore. p. 60. ISBN 9789811878855.
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