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About Clara Martha Sophia Dryden
Clara may have received her first name from her maternal aunt, Clara Johanna Mattheys nee Brink, her first middle-name from her maternal aunt, Martha Entress nee Brink, and her second middle-name from her paternal aunt, Sophie Hayes nee Dryden.
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Clara's second middle name, Sophia, is found only on her baptism record (Source: Ancestry24.co.za); all other records, including her Death Notice, give her name as Clara Martha Dryden.
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According to Clara's Estate Papers, she lived at Lansdowne Road, Claremont.
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The East Africa Memorial, Nairobi War Cemetery, lists Clara's nationality as "United Kingdom" and that she served with the "East African Military Nursing Service".
http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2540244
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Edited by Carol Minshall nee Hampshire, from a conversation between her and her mother, Henrietta Lavina Hampshire nee Greyling (May 2008): "mom was there when she was packing up to leave. Mom never imagined it would be the last time she'd ever see her. Mom was about 14 or 15 at the time (tho' she's not too sure of this) She remembered her gran commenting that "Clara should have been a man". I gather she wasn't too happy about her daughter going off."
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Clara Martha Sophia Dryden is mentioned in an unknown capacity in a 1927 edition of "The Journal of Mental Science", possibly as part of a list of medical graduates.
Source: Google Book Search, http://tinyurl.com/n347gd
Clara Martha Sophia Dryden's Timeline
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July 1, 1904
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Cape Town, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Source of Date: Clara Martha Sophia Dryden's baptism certificate (Source: Ancestry24.co.za) Source: Date of Birth can be estimated based on the age and date of death given on her War Memorial:
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August 7, 1904
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St. Saviours Church, Claremont, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Source of Date and Place: Ancestry24.co.za Surname: Dryden
By Whom The Ceremony Was Performed: B Guyer
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1922 |
November 1, 1922
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St. John's Church, Cape Town, South Africa
Source of info: Alicia Greyling's baptism certificate Source: FamilySearch.org, "Cape Town, Wynberg, St. John, Baptisms 1919-1939", Image no.: 57 |
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1944 |
February 12, 1944
Age 39
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Indian Ocean
Clara Martha Dryden's Estate Papers: http://tinyurl.com/82lc8t Source: Reference to Clara Martha Dryden's Estate Papers can be found in a Search of the Cape Town Archives Repository on the National Archives of South Africa website - http://www.national.archives.gov.za/index.htm Source: Casualty Details, East Africa Memorial, Commonwealth War Graves Commission:
East Africa Memorial Ref.: Column 95
Source: Entry for "Dryden, Clara Martha" at The War Graves Photographic Project - http://tinyurl.com/5x63qd |
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- 1944
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East African Military Nursing Service
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Indian Ocean
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