Eva Burrows

General Eva Evelyn Burrows AC
Eva Burrows at The Salvation Army's Australia Southern Territory Training College
13th General of The Salvation Army
In office 1986–1993
Preceded by	Jarl Wahlström
Succeeded by	Bramwell Tillsley
Personal details
Born	(1929-09-15)15 September 1929 Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Died	20 March 2015(2015-03-20) (aged 85) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Nationality	Australian
Spouse(s)	None
Relations	Only living sister from 8 siblings, Margaret Emma Southwell who resides in Melbourne
Children	None
Residence	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Eva Evelyn Burrows, AC (15 September 1929 – 20 March 2015) was an Australian community welfare organiser. From 1986 to 1993, Burrows served as the 13th General of the Salvation Army. She served as an Officer of the Salvation Army from 1951 to her retirement in 1993.

Burrows died on 20 March 2015 at a hospital in Melbourne, Victoria, aged 85.

References

Other websites

• Biography and Interview from Australian Biography Online Archived 2007-11-10 at the Wayback Machine
• General Eva Burrows Archived 2014-05-21 at the Wayback Machine, biography at Women's International Center
• "Why Help the Poor?" Archived 2016-03-07 at the Wayback Machine – A condensed version of an address delivered by General Burrows at the opening session of the Third Asia-Pacific Regional Workshop on Banking with the Poor held in Brisbane 21–25 November 1995.
• Burrows, Eva Evelyn in The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia

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