Postcard - Seated girl, 1914-1918

Historical information

This is number 20 of 27 items in the Daisy Vickers collection of World War One memorabilia. These items were sent or given to Daisy Ogier (nee Vickers) during World War One by Corporal Arthur Anderson who enlisted from Warrnambool in 1915 at the age of 21. He served in Egypt and France and returned to Australia in 1919.
Daisy Ogier (1907-1987) was a student and then a teacher at Warrnambool Technical School with her early teaching years there from 1925 to 1936 and in 1949. She became the head mistress from 1950 to 1963 and in 1968. She officially retired in 1976. Daisy Vickers was one of the best loved and dedicated teachers that the school ever had. She married the Reverend Fred Ogier and continued her association with the school after her husband's death.

Significance

This card is interesting because of its association with World War One and two local people Daisy Vickers and Arthur Anderson

Physical description

This postcard features a seated girl wearing a pink dress and a pink bow with her dolls on the bench beside her. She is holding a toy kitten. It appears to be a coloured photograph. There is French writing on the front and the back and English writing on the back.

Inscriptions & markings

Avec mes poupees dont je suis si fiere Je dis pour toi ma petite priere!
Furia 615/2

France Oct 10th 1916 Miss Daisy Vickers Bushfield Victoria Australia.

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