HOLY BIBLE, POCKET SIZE
c. 1910Small pocket bible, containing the Old and New Testaments in Canterbury Pearl Text.
800 pages.
Published by Ward, Lock & Co. Ltd, London & Melbourne
Believed to have belonged to Matron Charlotte Letitia Despard (1872-1945), who ran her own hospital in Newcastle (renamed Toodyay in 1910) from 1905-c1908 before taking on the role of Matron of the Newcastle/Toodyay Hospital in 1910. She was born in Mortlake, Victoria and went on to serve with the Queen Alexandra Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve as a Staff Nurse from 1915-1917 in Egypt, England & the Dardanelles. Charlotte died in Leederville, Western Australia.
Possibly the second inscription refers to Mabel Amy Cecelia Rose-Despard whose death was reported in the 27 June 1914 edition of the Leader newspaper in Melbourne as having occurred on 19 April 1914.
Details
Details
Handwritten inside in pen "From C.L. Despard 23.7.10" & in pencil "Mabel A.C. Rose-Despard"
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