The Australian Women's Register

45 minutes Aileen Bond was born in 1898, was educated at St Peter’s Girls’ School and did law at Adelaide University. Joined the Lyceum Club when it formed in 1922. In 1924 she married John Leslie Bond who was a minister and they moved around South Australia starting at Berri. Here her first child died at only a few months. Became involved with the Guides. World War II her husband enlisted and went to New Guinea and she and the four children lived at Brighton. After the war they lived at Clare and Victory Harbour then her husband was given an administrative job and became in turn an Archdeacon and then a Canon. After his death Aileen moved to Toorak Gardens, was involved with the Lyceum Club and at 84 was studying Italian at Flinders University.