Biography

Ida Victoria Alcock (nee Bramich) (17/6/1887 - 8/8/1980) was  the daughter of Andrew John and Margaret Martha Bramich, formerly Johnstone, of Black Forest in the Deloraine district. She was educated in Deloraine, and the family were members of St. Mark's Anglican Church there. On 17^th April 1917 she married John Reginald Alcock, at St. Mark'sChurch. John Alcock was born in Bredbury, near Stockport, England.

The Alcock family was active members of St. Mark's until John died late in the 1930s. Ida then moved to Launceston with her family, where they became members of St. John's in 1940. Ida was a member of St. John's Mothers' Union, the CWA, Victoria League and the League of Remembrance. She also took a great interest in the Red Cross. Ida Victoria died in Launceston on 8^th August 1980 aged 91.

Of her six children, the eldest three served in the forces during World War II, John and Graham with the R.A.A.F. and Kathlene with the W.A.A.F. John was killed in 1942. The younger members of the family were confirmed in St. John's. Kathlene, the eldest daughter, lived in Launceston except for three years during the war and seven years spent in England after the war. Nancy, Ida's younger daughter, has worked most of her life overseas as a biochemist and at the time of the completion of a memorial banner given in Ida's memory, held the position of assistant professor of biochemistry at the Memorial Hospital, New York. A donation from the staff of this department contributed towards the cost of the banner.

The banner was worked by St. John's members of the Embroiderers' Guild of Tasmania. The banner bears the Mothers' Union emblem and a modern picture of The Madonna and Child. The inscription is on a small brass plate on the banner stand; it reads:
IN MEMORY OF
IDA VICTORIA ALCOCK
17TH JUNE 1887
8TH AUGUST 1980

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