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MEMORIAL OF BAPTISM MISS C.M.GILLMORE

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1949

Overview

Flat, rectangular piece of stiff card, cream background with red printing and gold cross inserted in the text and three bar border with Maltese cross in each corner.

Baptism details are written in black ink and are as Follows:-

Name of Child Cheryl Laura Gillmore
Date Baptised 13th February 1949
Place St Matthew's Church Armadale
Baptised by F.E.Watts

Card has at some stage been moist and the red text has smudged.
[Memorial of Baptism / Be thou faithful / unto Death / And I will give thee / a Crown of Life] above and either side of the cross.

Historical information

Albert Drawbridge was born on the 23 April 1893 in the town of Tonbridge in the County of Kent, United Kingdom. By c1916 Albert had moved to Australia and was working for the Western Australian Government Railway. In 1925 he married Laura Vincent in the Collie area where they had a daughter in 1927. Albert worked his way up from Porter to Assistant Station Master between 1916 and 1920. He spent the nest 25 years working at either an assistant station master or station master at a number of rural stations including Gnowangerup, Mt Barker and Brunswick.
In 1948 he was appointed to the position of Station Master at Armadale, a position he held until his retirement in 1958. During his time living in Armadale Albert, unsuccessfully ran for council and was a member of the Armadale lodge for the Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes who met at their hall on Forrest Road. Albert died in 1966 age 73. Laura had passed away three years earlier.
This 1949 certificate of the memorial of baptism was issued for Cheryl Gillmore who was the grandchild of Albert Drawbridge. The baptism occurred at St Matthew's church in Armadale.

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Registration number

cwa-org-33-COA2009.51

Item type

Documents

Themes

People
Social History

Material

Card

Width

116 mm

Height or length

158 mm

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Statement of significance

This object is part of a collection of that is associated with the history of rail within the City of Armadale. The arrival of the railway to the City of Armadale in 1889 saw the district change from one that was isolated from Perth due to distance (approx 30km from Perth) and a poorly maintained road. to one that had quick access via the train line. The train line meant not only the rapid transport of people but also of mail, news, ice and goods into and out of the district.

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Rare or representative

Well provenanced

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