▁of ▁Arts ▁with ▁First ▁Class ▁Hon ours ▁in ▁April ▁ 1 9 2 1 . ▁ ▁While ▁at ▁M LC , ▁Jess ie ▁became ▁friends ▁with ▁a ▁fellow ▁board er , ▁Mar jor ie ▁V ase y , ▁although ▁the ▁latter ▁was ▁seven ▁years ▁her ▁junior . ▁Later ▁the ▁Hal bert ▁family ▁moved ▁to ▁K ew , ▁just ▁around ▁the ▁corner ▁from ▁the ▁V ase y ▁family . ▁On ▁ 1 7 ▁May ▁ 1 9 2 1 , ▁she ▁married ▁Mar jor ie ' s ▁brother , ▁George ▁Alan ▁V ase y , ▁an ▁Australian ▁Army ▁major ▁at ▁St ▁Matthew ' s ▁Church ▁of ▁England , ▁Glen roy , ▁Victoria . ▁( Like ▁his ▁family , ▁she ▁called ▁him ▁by ▁his ▁middle ▁name .) ▁When ▁a ▁friend ▁asked ▁Alan ▁how ▁he ▁was ▁going ▁to ▁get ▁on ▁married ▁to ▁a ▁blue ▁stock ing , ▁he ▁replied ▁" Don ' t ▁worry ▁– ▁I ' ll ▁soon ▁have ▁the ▁blue ▁stock ing ▁off ▁her ". ▁ ▁Army ▁wife ▁▁ ▁Alan ▁and ▁Jess ie ▁bought ▁a ▁house ▁in ▁K ew ▁with ▁a ▁War ▁Service ▁Lo an . ▁Their ▁first ▁child , ▁a ▁son ▁called ▁George ▁Hal bert ▁V ase y ▁was ▁born ▁on ▁ 3 1 ▁January ▁ 1 9 2 5 . ▁A ▁second ▁son , ▁Robert ▁Alan , ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 2 . ▁Alan ' s ▁military ▁career ▁was ▁st agn ant , ▁and ▁he ▁remained ▁a ▁major ▁for ▁twenty ▁years . ▁It ▁also ▁forced ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁moves