Alice Cashin – the Queen of Marrickville.

Alice Cashin – the Queen of Marrickville.

When the war was declared, at the age of 44, she offered her services to the British government. She also changed her middle name from the Irish, Alanna, to the more Norman/English Eleanor. She would be known as Alice Eleanor throughout her war years and revert to Alanna on her return to Australia.  Continue reading