Doreen Lumley information

Doreen Lumley (21 August 1921 – 1 October 1939) was a New Zealand sprinter of the 1930s from Auckland.

Doreen Lumley represented New Zealand in the 1938 British Empire Games in the 100 yard and 220 yard events.^[1]

Doreen and her sister, Bernice, were educated at Auckland Girls' Grammar School, taking part in athletics, basketball, swimming and tennis; and then worked as shorthand-typists.

The sisters were killed in a road accident in Auckland when the small car that they were in collided with a truck. Their deaths shocked New Zealand, and resulted in widespread grief across the nation.^[2] They were buried together at Waikumete Cemetery in Glen Eden.^[2]

^ McMillan, N. A. C. "Lumley, Bernice; Lumley, Doreen". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
^ ^a ^b Gray, Matthew (2009). "City of the Dead". In Macdonald, Finlay; Kerr, Ruth (eds.). West: The History of Waitakere. Random House. p. 381. ISBN 9781869790080.

[DNZB_Doreen_Lumley-1] McMillan, N. A. C. "Lumley, Bernice; Lumley, Doreen". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 17 July 2013.

[West-Dead-2] Gray, Matthew (2009). "City of the Dead". In Macdonald, Finlay; Kerr, Ruth (eds.). West: The History of Waitakere. Random House. p. 381. ISBN 9781869790080.

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