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==Early Life== | ==Early Life== | ||
Martha was born in 1884, daughter of John [[Loder]] who had moved from [[Ireland's Eye]] and was the first settler of [[Snook's Harbour]] proper. Her mother, was Jane Tilley [[Smith]], born in Hant's Harbour, but having later settled in [[Elliott's Cove]] with her siblings and parents. | |||
She attended the small chapel-schools in Snook's Harbour. Later from about 1906 to 1910 teaching in the Methodist school's in [[Apsey Brook]], Snook's Harbour, and Elliott's Cove, which opened at different times of the year, sharing teachers. | |||
Marha, aka Mona, then moved to study nursing at London Hospital, the largest such school in Great Britain. She graduated from that prestigious school in 1914, and moved to Montreal to do private nursing. | |||
When war was declared, she quickly returned to Great Britain, sailing in October 1914, just days after the first 500 of the Newfoundland Regiment set sail for Devonport. | |||
==War Duty== | ==War Duty== | ||
==Later Life== | ==Later Life== | ||