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Sister Mark McLaughlan
Cecilia Margaret was born in Darfield, Canterbury. Her parents were Daniel and Johanna McLaughlin and she had three brothers and three sisters. Cecilia entered the Sisters of Compassion in 1936.
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Sister Paola Vernon
Violet Mary Vernon was born in Camberwell, Melbourne, on 18 May 1880, and entered St. Joseph’s Home of Compassion, Buckle Street, as a postulant in 1908.
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Sister Walburga Marchant
Dorothy Rose was born in Petone and was baptised and confirmed in Eltham. She was the fourth daughter in a family of five to Herbert and Dorothy Marchant. The family farm was in Eltham and the children received their early education at the local Primary School...