On 3 January 1923, at St Canice's Church,
Darlinghurst, she married John Joseph Daly (died 1953), a physician and a nephew of the founder of St Vincent's Hospital, Mother Berchmans Daly. The Dalys had two children, John and Marie.[2]
The Roman Catholic Church awarded Mary Daly the
Cross Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice in 1951,[9] in honour of her work as president of the Catholic Welfare Organization of Victoria.[10]
Long service medal from the Australian Red Cross Society in 1940 and honorary life membership in 1971.[citation needed]
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