1. Eva Burrows served as an Officer of the Salvation Army from 1951 until her retirement in 1993.
13 Facts About Eva Burrows
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In 1950, Eva Burrows entered The Salvation Army's International Training College in London.
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Eva Burrows was commissioned as a Salvation Army Officer in 1951.
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Eva Burrows became the leader of the Salvation Army's Social Services for Women in Great Britain in 1975, and leader of the Salvation Army's work in Sri Lanka in 1977.
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In 1986, at 56, Eva Burrows became the organization's youngest commander.
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Eva Burrows was the only woman of seven candidates and was elected by the army's high council to replace the retiring General, Jarl Wahlstrom.
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Eva Burrows completed a ten-year post on the Board of the International Bible Society, and was the international Champion of the Be A Hero campaign, as well as sitting on the Board of Reference of The Salvation Army War College.
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Eva Burrows wrote A Field For Exploits: Training Leaders For The Salvation Army.
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Eva Burrows died aged 85 on 20 March 2015 at the Coppin Centre in Melbourne, Victoria.
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In 1988, Eva Burrows became an Honorary Doctor of Liberal Arts at Ewha Womans University in Seoul, and was awarded an Honorary LLD from Asbury University in the USA in 1988.
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On 1 January 2001, Eva Burrows received a Centenary Medal "[f]or service to the Australian community".
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Eva Burrows was inducted into the Queensland Business Leaders Hall of Fame in 2012.
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On Friday 3 July 2015, three months after her death, Eva Burrows was awarded the highest honour of the Salvation Army posthumously, the "Order of the Founder" in a ceremony at Boundless, in London which celebrated 150 years of the Salvation Army.