This is the Bible that Padre Geoff Sambell gave my Dad on his 21 Birthday on 3 June 1943. I was named after Geoff Sambell.
When I first read what Geoff Sambell wrote on the inside cover of this bible I was amazed to discover that Dad spent his 21st Birthday in a War zone, Port Moresby, Papa New Guinea. And that all he got as a present was this bible. I compare that with my 21st birthday and that of my Children and it a rude awakening as to what he had to endure.
The referance on the writting is to this section on the bible:
“Let no Man despise thy youth:”
I think Geoff Sambell was trying to tell Dad that as a young person he should live as a good person and enjoy his youth. Interesting that Geoff Sambell was only 8 years older than Dad, as revealed here: http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/sambell-geoffrey-tremayne-11606
They were all young.
I remember Dad telling me that Geoff Sambell would argue with the upper echelons of the Army about sending then to fight where they new many where going to be killed. Dad said Geoff Sambell would stand up for the blokes and that is why he was respected by them all.
Geoffrey Tremayne Sambell (1914-1980), by unknown photographer, 1944 Australian War Memorial, 074344
Interesting these words “…and with the former Translations diligently compared and revised by His Majesty's special command”. I wonder what that means? I looked it up and basically it means that the king, at the time, got a committee of learnerd people together, most of which where church of England, and told them how he wanted it translated so that it complied to the ways of the church of England. An example is the word congregation was changed to church.
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