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Date 1953-10-29, sorted by date, descending

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1953 29 Oct
195-		 Gladys ('Glad') Irene Parke and Gretta Stevens Lamprill arrived in Papeete from Australia and were named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh for the Society Islands, French Polynesia. [BW13:455]
  • For the story of Gladys Parke's life see BW15:457–8.
  • For the story of Gretta Lamprill's life see BW15:534–5. She was the inaugural secretary of the Hobart LSA, a secretary of the NSA of Australia and New Zealand and a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh for the Society Islands. She was known as the "Mother of Tasmania".
    		• - Islands; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; French Polynesia; Papeete, French Polynesia; Society Islands, French Polynesia
    1953 29 Oct
    195-    		 Opal Jensen arrived on Réunion Island from the United States and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:455]
  • She was later declared a Covenant-breaker.
    		•  - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Covenant-breaking; France; Reunion Island
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