Freda Mary Bussell Vines was born on 26 February 1916, in Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia. Her father, Frederick Bussell Vines, was 48 and her mother, Mary Louisa Johnston, was 32. She married Joseph 'Joe' Mannix Carmody (1920-1980), in Perth, Western Australia, Australia. She died on 7 July 2000, in Marmion, Western Australia, Australia, at the age of 84.
