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10-February-2021
10-February-2021

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The bell commemorates Nancy Douglas Moffatt who was the Head Prefect and Dux of the school in 1942.  She died in December 1942.

ADELAIDE, Thursday.— There was a tragic note at the St. Peter, 's Collegiate Girls' School annual speech ceremony today when the Bishop of Adelaide announced that the dux of the school and head prefect, Nancy Moffatt had died the previous afternoon from appendicitis. She was the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Douglas Moffatt, of Belair, and was in her seventeenth year.
Age (Melbourne), 11 December 1942.

Location

Address:Hallett Road, St Peter`s Collegiate Girls` School, Stonyfell, 5066
State:SA
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -34.929861
Long: 138.668921
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Monument Type:Technology
Monument Theme:People
Sub-Theme:Community
Actual Event Start Date:09-December-1942
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Actual Event End Date:09-December-1942
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Dedication

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Plaque :

This Bell Is Dedicated
In Loving Memory
        Of 
Nancy Douglas Moffatt
Head Prefect And Dux
Of This School, 1942.
Entered Into Rest 
December 9th 1942
 In Her Seventeenth Year.
        R. I. P.

 

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Source: MA
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