Marion Leane Smith

Marion Leane Walls ( Smith; 1891 – 24 January 1957) was an Australian-Canadian nurse. She is the only Aboriginal Australian woman known to have served in the First World War. Smith was of English and Darug descent; her grandmother, Lucy Leane, belonged to the Cabrogal people.

Early years Smith was born in Liverpool, New South Wales, to Elizabeth and George William Smith in 1891. Smith moved with her family to Canada at a young age. The ambulance trains were designated to transport injured soldiers from the front lines to military hospitals, and were known to be difficult environments in which to work.