My Mum is My Hero
Carol Anne Vines
Ms
December 25, 1951 – November 23, 2025
Lived 73 years
Albany Creek · Albany Creek, Queensland
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1951
Born December 25
1957
Carol was 6 when the Soviet Union launched Sputnik
1962
Carol was 11 when the Cuban Missile Crisis brought the world to the brink of nuclear war
1973
Married = Kevin Armstrong
1973
Carol Croucher married Kevin Armstrong
1973
Carol was 22 when the Sydney Opera House opened
1974
Became a Mum birth of 1st child Susan Wendy
1976
2nd Child was born. Katherine Heather
1978
3rd child is born. Laura Jane
1989
Carol was 38 when the Berlin Wall fell
1991
Carol was 40 when the Soviet Union dissolved
1999
Became a Grandmother to AmberJayde
2000
2nd Marriage - Raymond Vines
2000
Carol was 49 when the Summer Olympics opened in Sydney
2019
Carol was 68 when fire badly damaged Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris
2022
Carol was 71 when ChatGPT was released to the public
2025
Passed away November 23, age 73
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