Marie Montgomerie Hamilton

Marie Montgomerie Hamilton (7 April 1891 – 2 November 1955) was an Australian pathologist and hockey administrator.

[1] Her parents were the UK-born Minnie Redfearn and her husband Hugh Montgomerie Hamilton - her father had been a successful sportsman and was an eminent judge.

[2] She was educated at the Presbyterian Ladies' College in Croydon, where she excelled at sports and academics.

[3] Her younger brother, George Redfearn Hamilton, was severely injured in World War I and her fiancé was killed.

[2] In 1934 her work was based at her house in the Sydney suburb of Strathfield where they led an austere lifestyle supplemented by a housekeeper.