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| He married Brenda Isabel Pottie (15 July 1914-18 July 2008((SMH death notice, 23 July 2008.)) at St Stephen's Presbyterian Church on 29 November 1938.((The pending wedding was reported with a photo of glowing Brenda and her bridesmaid Molly M-P in the //Sydney Morning Herald//, 29 November 1938, p.4. They were pictured in the rose garden where Brenda lived with her mother, 6 Veret Street, Hunters Hill)) Brenda (known also as Isabel and Isa) had grown up at Waverley, attending the once-progressive school Shirley then, for her final year/s, SCEGGS.((there is a story about this, click on [[busted]] for more)) Brenda's father Herbert (Bert), a vet, had died when she was a toddler. He left his widow Ethel (known by her second name, Brenda) with five young children (Brenda and her four older brothers). Bert's father John Pottie had established the veterinary practice and published two books on the care of horses, then the mainstay of veterinary practices.((http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/pottie-john-4409)) Bert's mother Eliza Pottie was a Quaker, temperance advocate and highly active philanthropist who took a leading role in the fight for women's suffrage.(({{http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/pottie-eliza-13155}})) Brenda's mother did not adjust to the financial implications of her husband's death, and continued with much the same style of living. The younger Brenda left school and became a highly skilled typist in the Tax Office.\\ | He married Brenda Isabel Pottie (15 July 1914-18 July 2008((SMH death notice, 23 July 2008.)) at St Stephen's Presbyterian Church on 29 November 1938.((The pending wedding was reported with a photo of glowing Brenda and her bridesmaid Molly M-P in the //Sydney Morning Herald//, 29 November 1938, p.4. They were pictured in the rose garden where Brenda lived with her mother, 6 Veret Street, Hunters Hill)) Brenda (known also as Isabel and Isa) had grown up at Waverley, attending the once-progressive school Shirley then, for her final year/s, SCEGGS.((there is a story about this, click on [[busted]] for more)) Brenda's father Herbert (Bert), a vet, had died when she was a toddler. He left his widow Ethel (known by her second name, Brenda) with five young children (Brenda and her four older brothers). Bert's father John Pottie had established the veterinary practice and published two books on the care of horses, then the mainstay of veterinary practices.((http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/pottie-john-4409)) Bert's mother Eliza Pottie was a Quaker, temperance advocate and highly active philanthropist who took a leading role in the fight for women's suffrage.(({{http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/pottie-eliza-13155}})) Brenda's mother did not adjust to the financial implications of her husband's death, and continued with much the same style of living. The younger Brenda left school and became a highly skilled typist in the Tax Office.\\ |
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| {{:mum_and_molly.jpg?200|}}Photo: Brenda M-P on her wedding day with her bridesmaid and sister-in-law Molly M-P.((Provenance: J. Godden. The dress was a beautiful silk, painted with delicate flowers.))\\ | {{:mum_and_molly.jpg?200|}}Photo: Brenda M-P on her wedding day with her bridesmaid and sister-in-law Molly M-P.((Provenance: J. Godden. The dress was a beautiful cream silk, painted with delicate gold flowers.))\\ |
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| Sterling and Brenda's only son was born 10 months after they married (luckily at this censorious time, he was not premature like their next baby!). Australia entered War II eleven days after their son's birth. Less than a year later, on 11 July 1940, Sterling enlisted.((https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=4640026)) He served as a Gunner in the [[wp>2/9th_Field_Regiment_(Australia)|2/9 Field Regiment]].((http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.aspx?ServiceId=A&VeteranId=175805. For a history of the Regiment, see http://digital.slv.vic.gov.au/view/action/singleViewer.do?dvs=1507941719870~632&locale=en_GB&metadata_object_ratio=10&show_metadata=true&VIEWER_URL=/view/action/singleViewer.do?&preferred_usage_type=VIEW_MAIN&DELIVERY_RULE_ID=10&frameId=1&usePid1=true&usePid2=true)) He served in the Middle East for over a year. He saw his wife and son briefly in Sydney on his return from the Middle East, on his way from South Australia to far north Queensland, then not until the war had ended. Brenda had four brothers (no sisters) and they also all joined up (2 in the RAAF, 2 in the AIF) leaving her and her widowed mother alone in Australia.((Sydney Morning Herald, 8 January 1942, p.5.)) In 1943 her address was 40 Raglan Street Mosman.((Census)) Sterling was discharged on 6 November 1945.((Certificate of Discharge,E.S. M-P,provenance: J. Godden)) \\ | Sterling and Brenda's only son was born 10 months after they married (luckily at this censorious time, he was not premature like their next baby!). Australia entered War II eleven days after their son's birth. Less than a year later, on 11 July 1940, Sterling enlisted.((https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=4640026)) He served as a Gunner in the [[wp>2/9th_Field_Regiment_(Australia)|2/9 Field Regiment]].((http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.aspx?ServiceId=A&VeteranId=175805. For a history of the Regiment, see http://digital.slv.vic.gov.au/view/action/singleViewer.do?dvs=1507941719870~632&locale=en_GB&metadata_object_ratio=10&show_metadata=true&VIEWER_URL=/view/action/singleViewer.do?&preferred_usage_type=VIEW_MAIN&DELIVERY_RULE_ID=10&frameId=1&usePid1=true&usePid2=true)) He served in the Middle East for over a year. He saw his wife and son briefly in Sydney on his return from the Middle East, on his way from South Australia to far north Queensland, then not until the war had ended. Brenda had four brothers (no sisters) and they also all joined up (2 in the RAAF, 2 in the AIF) leaving her and her widowed mother alone in Australia.((Sydney Morning Herald, 8 January 1942, p.5.)) In 1943 her address was 40 Raglan Street Mosman.((Census)) Sterling was discharged on 6 November 1945.((Certificate of Discharge,E.S. M-P,provenance: J. Godden)) \\ |