NAA: A1, 1916/6041
Pirnbaum, Bertha Sophie
Digital copy - 33418
| Occupation as written | Household duties |
| Standardised occupation | DS00: Domestic service - Domestic duties |
| Application received | 1 Mar 1916 |
| Application status |
Approved |
| Official | |
| Date of approval or denial | 27 Mar 1916 |
| If rejected, why? | |
| Birthplace as written | Caskemanie, Victoria |
| Modern country | Australia |
| Age on application | 53 |
| Age on arrival in Australia | None |
| Port of Departure | None |
| Port of Arrival | None |
| Date of arrival | None |
| Name of ship | None |
| Address in Australia | 'Pomona' Orchard Pakenham |
| Address State | Victoria |
| Time at address | |
| Married | Yes |
| Children | Yes |
2 - daughters 'boith have spent their whole lives in Australia' |
| Name of reference | Stephen Maher |
| Occupation of reference | Police Constable (Victoria) |
| Marginalia description | |
| Police report attached | Yes |
| Link to other applicant | |
| Literate | Yes |
| Reason | Buying land or mortgage |
| Other information | |
German husband. Memorandum, 24 March 1916, p.3: Australia-born. He’s been resident 27 yrs. ‘Applicant and her husband have both contributed to the patriotic funds. She has a nephew who is fighting with the Australian Imperial Forces.’ Father was naturalized in Victoria. Good reput, ‘of Danish parentage’ fit. Approv 27 March 1916
28 Feb 1916, p.9-10 – letter actually laying out her ‘special circumstances’ for why she needs nat. Lots of biographical data, incl that her husband had lived in South Africa for a while and tried to enlist during S A War but had varicose veins. Nephew fighting and brother-in-law was until illness. Lots of property interests.