Document - Envelope On Active Service Aug 1916, 1916

Historical information

This is Item 2 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 item is interesting because of its association with World War One and two local people Daisy Vickers and Arthur Anderson

Physical description

This green envelope has black printing and handwriting in ink. It is slit at the top.

Inscriptions & markings

Miss Daisy Vickers Post Office Bushfield Victoria Australia
A Anderson

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