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Bunbury Cathedral Grammar School > Records

Women's Land Army Service Booklet

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Overview

A small blue covered service booklet containing the record of Australian Women's Land Army member Nancy Shone Rosslyn Meyers (nee Price), who enlisted at Kalamunda, Western Australia on 14 June 1943, Land Army No. 156. Contains clothing and equipment list, record of service 1943-1944, Standing Orders and Certificate of Discharge due to marriage to farmer V. Meyers. Found behind a cupboard in Wilson House in 2002.

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Registration number

cwa-org-18-ITM2005/3136

Item type

Themes

Social History
War and Conflict

Material

Width

123 mm

Height or length

175 mm

Contextual Information

Wilson House was formerly part of a hostel, run by the Sisters of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary in Clarke Street, Bunbury, before being removed to the Bunbury Cathedral Grammar School site where it served as a dormitory for boys.

Keywords

Wilson House Boarding House

Sisters of St. Elizabeth of Hungary

Place made

Australia

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Well provenanced

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Plan, Buildings Moved from Clarke Street

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Bunbury Cathedral Grammar School

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