Obituary of Claude William Le Mesurier

Mr. C. Le Mesurier Dead Popular Librarian Passes The death occurred last night, after a brief illness, of Mr. Claude William Le Mesurier, who has been for many years secretary and librarian of the Kalgoorlie Mechanics' Institute. The late Mr. Le Mesurier, who was aged 70 at the time of his death, came to the …

A visit to the band mill

Monday 10 April 1880. In the afternoon, I [Julia Marian Bandinel] and the 4 boys set off about 2.45 to walk to Clayton and go over the “band mill”. The boys are Hal, 13¾ [(later Sir) Havilland Le Mesurier (1866-1931)], Claude, 12½ [Claude William Le Mesurier (1867-1938)], & Charlie Le Mesurier, 10 [Charles Edward Le …

Reply from Claude Le Mesurier, 1918

From: Claude William Le Mesurier (1867-1938) To: Julia Marian Bandinel (1859-1950) Date: 5th May 1918 Killarney Street, Kalgoorlie, 5 May, 1918. Dear Cousin Marian, We were both delighted with your jolly long letter of 5th. February.  We notice with approval that you are a Le Mesurier enthusiast. I cannot tell you at present where the …

Letter from Claude Le Mesurier, 1917

From: Claude William Le Mesurier (1867-1938) To: Julia Marian Bandinel (1859-1950) Date: 2nd December 1917 Killarney Street, Kalgoorlie, 2 Dec. 1917. Dear Cousin Bandinel, I see that you have been doing Fairy Godmother to a young Australian soldier and he is grateful to you. Young L.A. Hall (I presume that he is young, his letter …