Vera Smith given a Leader Association Newspapers Telecom Advance Australia Merit Award, having been active in the War Widows Association. Contents Newspaper article: "Award winning Vera makes the best of it", Diamond Valley Leader, 23 December 1986. Vera Smith's life after early widowhood. Newspaper clippings, A4 photocopies, etcvera smith, bob smith, canberra ran ship, leader association newspapers telecom advance australia merit award, war widows assocaiton