Embroidered Signatures Project2/3rd Machine Gun Battalion Unit: Banner

Owner
Repatriation General Hospital Museum
Region
Adelaide
Creator
Unknown
Measurements
144cm x 85cm
Historical Period/Date
20th Century (1930-1969 Mid)/1945
ID Number
ESPO-009
Classifications
Appliqué,Banners,Stem Stitch,

Physical Description

Cream calico banner with a large royal blue central "V" surrounded by embroidered red signatures.There is a large triangular unit colour patch in grey, black and yellow in the top right corner. Text appliquéd in blue at the bottom of the banner "2/3 M G BN Unit".

Theme and Purpose

World War II. Fighting Forces Comforts Fund? Fundraiser Purpose was to raise money for war widows. People paid threepence or sixpence for an embroidered signature on the flag. Volunteers at the Repatriation General Hospital Museum offered the following information: "Many of the soldiers in this unit were prisoners of war in Java or lost in transport so the money raised was used to support the families of these soldiers". There is no supporting documentation. 2/3 MG BN Unit: 2/3rd Machine Gun Battalion.


Signatures

Below are the names that have been transcribed from this object. Multiple instances of a name on one object is indicated by a bracketed number after the name. A name in bold appears on other objects. Click these names to see the other objects.

?itt, Margaret

Adams, J

Addison, Edith J

Ainsworth, Betty

Ainsworth, Colin

Ainsworth, Elsie

Alexander, H

Alexander, N

Allaidin, L D

Allanson, Beryl

Allanson, Margaret

Allonson, F J

Angus, Alex

Angus, Beth

Angus, Davey

Angus, Ethel

Angus, Joy

Angus, Lewis R

Angus, Rob

Argent, Gwen

Ashhurst, D T

Ashhurst, Ken

Ashhurst, Lorna

Ashhurst, Mildred L

Ashworth, J (L Cpl)

Baileys, Emily

Barker, Charles S

Barker, Florence

Barker, J Mckay

Barnes, A

Barnes, J L

Barnes, O M

Barraclough, E W

Barrett, Victor?

Barter, G R

Bates, K J

Bates, Lorna

Beaney, Laurel

Beare, B A

Beare, Nina E

Beaumont, Bruce

Beaumont, Learmont

Beaumont, Mavis

Beerstecher, J B

Begg, I J

Bice, Dorothy

Birback, V

Birbeck, F

Birrchel, Sally

Black, Glenys

Black, Isabel

Black, Jocelyn

Black, Lavinia

Blackburn, Julie

Blackburn, M B

Blackburn, Rose

Blackburn, Rosemary

Blackburn, Ross

Blue, Elil H

Bonnin, A H

Bonnin, W

Bram, Susan

Bright, Mary

Brock, L A

Brocksopp, J A

Brocksopp, L J

Brooks, C A

Brooks, C C

Brooks, D G

Brooks, G G

Brooks, G V

Brooks, H M

Brooks, J A

Brooks, R R

Brownell, Mary S

Bull, Millicent

Bull, Reg

Bull, Yvonne

Burden, Jennifer

Burden, Louise

Burns, Eunice

Burns, Lola J

Button, C W (Sgt)

Calder, Maggie

Calder, Margaret W

Callinon, Mary J

Cane, Elaine

Carmichael, W J

Carr, Gwen H

Castle, Edith M

Castle, M E

Catt, Ian C

Catt, Lionel

Catt, Rena M

Chapman, A E

Chapman, J H

Chapman, R M

Chipper, Doris

Chipper, R Elsdon (Sgt)

Clarke, Allan J

Clee, A

Clemons, M

Clemons, Pete Jr (2 Belhaven St Launceston Tasmania)

Clift, R

Clift, R M

Cluse, D

Cluse, R E

Collins, L M

Collins, Mary (Burnie Tasmania)

Connor, J L

Connor, M R

Cook, Laura

Coombe, Joan

Coombe, Mary

Crabe, Dick

Craig, L

Crisp, D M

Crossley, J R

Cutts, L A

Davis, Eva E

Davis, Flora

Deane, Marjorie

Devonshire, A

Devonshire, E M

Devonshire, E T

Devonshire, John Wynne

Devonshire, Molly

Devonshire, Shirley

Devonshire, W P

Dickson, A M

Dodson, Jean

Douglass, Helen

Dowell, Jack

Dunn, Joan

Dunn, W M

Edson, Olive

Edwards, Esme

Edwards, N

Edwards, P L

Effiott, Elizabeth

Effiott, Harry

Elliott, Ellen

Elliott, G

Elliott, Jean

Elliott, L O V

Elliott, Valma

Erwin, Lily

Evans, Bebe C

Evans, Daisy

Evans, M J H E

Everard, Nancy

Exton, E M

Farnham, E M

Farnham, J L

Farnham, W

Farnith, A?

Fielder, G

Finlayson, Garth H

Fould, E H I

Fox, Bob

Fox, Pat

Fraser, Kathleen

Gardener, A A (Pte)

Gardiner, B C

Gardiner, Betty

Gardiner, E E

Gardiner, Ethel

Gardiner, O

Gardiner, V

Gardiner, W D

Gebhardt, M R

Gebhart, M

Gitsham, A J

Glover, John

Glover, John (2)

Goldfinch, M E

Goodall, R G

Goodheart, M G

Goodwin, C

Gouenlock, J

Gowan, R H

Gregg, V F

Gregory, E

Griff, N

Griff, Rose

Griffiths, A R

Griffiths, R L

Grimwade, A L

Grimwade, C R

Grimwade, E L

Gunging, Muriel M

Gunter, S A

Hagerty, Eileen

Haines, Wendy

Hall, Lillian

Hann, A M

Hannigan, A G

Hannigan, L J

Hansen, Mary A

Harris, C V

Harris, H E

Harris, J

Harris, Paddy

Harvey, E E

Harvey, Jessie G

Harvis, Bill

Haskard, Mary

Haskard, Maud

Hawke, J E

Hawke, R L (2/2 aa 4 Bn)

Hawke, Vera

Hawksworth, E

Haymes, L J

Healey, K N A

Hearne, G

Heath, Joan

Hickman, C F

Hill, Dulcie V

Hills, H (Sgt)

Hills, H R

Hilton, M H

Hodson, W C

Hogg, R

Honeyman, Ena

Hooper, J L

Howard, Aubrey J

Hubrey, B (Pte)

Hughes, F C

Hugo, C

Huhon, B E

Humble, Dorothy (9 Todd Ave South Perth)

Hutton, Kathleen

Irvine, Lucy

Jackett, K

James, M

James, M C

Jarvis, Harvey

Johns, Audrey

Johnson, G

Johnson, K L

Johnson, M

Johnson, R H

Jones, G A

Jones, G W

Jones, J C

Jones, R D

Kaye, Geoff

Keaves, Marie

Keen, D

Keen, John D

Keen, T M

Kemble, E K

Kevin, E M

Kinane, Bernie (2/3rd)

Kinane, Martin (WA 2/3rd)

King, Barbara

Klan, Amy

Klan, Ivan

Kyrner, E R

Lammane, Adrian

Lathlion, D B

Lawson, Margaret

Lawson, Meridith

Lawson, Robert

Leanard, Peggy

Lee, Donald

Lemand, John

Liddiard, ?ytis

Liddiard, A

Lihou, Florence

Lihou, Ray

Little, E

Little, N

Lock, L

Lombert, (Pte)

Lynch, D C

Lynch, Hilda A

Macdonald, J G

Mackenzie, Jess

Maloney, J P

Marshall, W E

Martin, J L

Mason, Alma

Mather, J

May, Olive

Mayfield, M

McCaffrey, Kath

McDonald, Alan

McDonald, Ivy

McGee, M

McInerny, M E

Mckenzie, Joan

Mckenzie, Olive

McLerron, Pat

McNamara, J M

Mead, Clive

Mead, F

Meek, J

Mills, M Joyce

Minns, J E

Mitchell, Robert E

Morton, Mary

Motteran, C Joan

Motteran, M E

Muller, Olive N

Mumme, Lorna J

Mumme, W A

Nelson, Gertrude

Nelson, J E

Nelson, Norman

Nelson, Norman Snr

Nelson, Thana

Newcombe, Doris

Nicholls, M G

Norris, Olive

O'Brien, Dulcie P

Osmond, E

Padman, J

Page, Edith

Page, Jack

Paige, S W

Pall, K S

Palmer, H

Park, W D

Parker, Gwen

Pearce, J R (Sgt)

Pearson, Merv

Pellew, A

Pena, Grace

Penalurick, L

Phann, Nora

Phisk, M

Piesse, M C (2/3rd)

Polly, Myrtle?

Potter, Lorna

Price, Dale

Price, H E

Price, Rodger G

Pudney, F F

Radford, S J

Raggatt, A A

Raggatt, L M

Rains, Sydney W

Ramford, G M

Raynor, B

Rechner, Coral

Reed, J H

Reed, Liela

Richards, C L

Rielly, N

Ringelsen, E

Ritchie, Joan

Ritchie, P R H J

Ritchie, R L

Roads, Olive

Robertson, Rodney (7/7 Bn)

Rosenberg, E

Rowe, E E

Russell, Grace

Rymill, L S

Saunders, H S S

Schlein, Rhonda M

Schmelgkopf, F

Schottelius, E L

Scott, R J

Scott, R S

Sedgman, J W

Selth, B J

Selth, G M

Seton, E M

Sharp, L

Shea, Elsie

Shea, L C

Shepard, Anne

Sherwin, M E

Simons, Eileen

Simpson, E B

Simson, S

Sinnett, J

Slater, M B

Slow, Betty

Slow, Elma

Slow, G

Slow, H A

Smith, E C

Smith, E L (Pte)

Smith, Eunice

Smith, G Alexander H

Smith, Gladys

Smith, L W Kay (Pte AIF)

Smith, M

Smith, R J

Smith, R L

Smith, W

Smith, Winnie

Sobey, Brian

Sobey, John

Stafford, Lorraine

Stafford, Robert

Standfield, R

Stanfield, C N

Stephens, John C

Stephens, L E

Stevens, Alice

Stevens, M J

Stone, Mary

Supple, R

Sutton, M E

Sweeney, Nora

Tapp, L H G

Theisnger, Thelma

Thiele, Oscar

Thompson, Ethel W (Longley Hobart Tasmania)

Thompson, J

Thomson, Eric I

Thomson, Florence

Thorpe, W A

Tihou, R?

Tilley, M F

Tonkin, Sybil

Treleaven, A V

Trenwith, Joyce

Turner, C E

Turner, G M

Turner, Hazel

Vallis, Florence

Vandersluys, Vera

Vercoe, Beverly

Vercoe, J T

Vercoe, Joan

Vercoe, W G

Wake, Garton

Wake, Gladys

Wake, Jess

Wakelin, L V

Walker, L J

Walloscheck, T E

Warne, Lesley

Warne, Mary

Wasley, H J

Wasley, M J

Wastell, Jim

Wastell, M C

Watts, E

Waye, M J

Waye, Mary

Wellbridge, N

Wellman, G A

Wenholm, E L

Wheatley, J A

White, D

White, F E

White, J

Whitehouse, E

Wigley, Audrey

Wiles, Anne

Wiles, Beryl

Wiles, John

Williams, L T

Williams, Patty

Wilmshurst, Jay

Winch, Marjorie

Woods, Irene

Word, E M

Word, J T

Woudle, K

Wright, G