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Shire of Toodyay > Records

HOLY BIBLE, POCKET SIZE

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c. 1910

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Overview

Small pocket bible, containing the Old and New Testaments in Canterbury Pearl Text.
800 pages.
Published by Ward, Lock & Co. Ltd, London & Melbourne

Historical information

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

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cwa-org-37-2001.1832

Item type

Inscriptions and markings

Handwritten inside in pen "From C.L. Despard 23.7.10" & in pencil "Mabel A.C. Rose-Despard"

Keywords

ROSE -Despard Mabel A C

Year

c. 1910

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