- Owner
- National Trust. Hope Cottage Museum
- Region
- Kangaroo Island
- Creator
- Fighting Forces Comforts Fund. Kingscote
- Measurements
- 130cm x 82cm
- Historical Period/Date
- 20th Century (1930-1969 Mid)/c1945
- ID Number
- ESPO-019
- Classifications
- Banners,Machine Appliqué,Stem Stitch,
Physical Description
Rectangular calico banner in a wooden frame, covered with perspex. The title of the banner and a large central "V" are appliquéd with red cloth. Worked across the top of the banner, the text reads '1939 FFCF 1945' and below that is 'KINGSCOTE UNIT 178'. The signatures are stitched in blue throughout the cloth. Red crosses against names depict those who died at war. Text from the museum notice: 'Among the signatures are two governors of South Australia, Lieutenant General Sir C Willoughby Norrie KCMG, CB, DSO, MC and Sir C Malcolm Barclay-Harvey, KCMG, the Premier, Sir Thomas Playford, local councillors and the captain and crews of minesweepers HMAS Toorie, HMAS Nambucca and HMAS Coolebar'.
Theme and Purpose
World War II. Fighting Forces Comforts Fund. Text from museum notice: 'During World War II the Fighting Forces Comforts Fund was an organisation established to provide those extras that gave comfort to the Australian Armed Forces serving abroad. Most country towns had branches of the FFCF and also the Red Cross. Kingscote actively supported both these organisations.This flag was made as a money raiser for the comfort fund - as it was known. For two shillings you could sign your name, which was then embroidered by the skilled needlewomen of the town'.
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.
Alldis, G J (HMAS Coolebar)
Anderson, Reg
Anthony, K L (HMAS Coolebar)
Antler, W Douglas (HMAS Toorie)
Arnott, V (HMAS Coolebar)
Ayliffe, B (Pte)
Ayliffe, B E
Ayliffe, C (Pte)
Ayliffe, E
Ayliffe, G A (Pte)
Ayliffe, J (Pte)
Ayliffe, Les (Pte)
Ayliffe, S (Pte)
Bald, Rae
Bald, Ruth
Ballantine, J J (W/O) (HMAS Toorie)
Barrett, S R (Pte)
Bates, A W
Bates, Barbara D
Bates, L W
Baxter, K (Pte)
Bell, C H
Bell, N M
Bice, John
Blackburn, Rose (3rd M G)
Boothey, V R S (Dvr)
Boxer, A (Pte)
Boxer, A L
Boxer, E (Pte)
Boxer, L M
Boxer, M C
Boxer, M F
Boxer, N E
Boxer, S (Dvr)
Boxer, W R
Bradley, Cherise
Brown, R Spencer
Brumby, R
Bunn, W H (HMAS Coolebar)
Burdon, A K (Pte)
Burgess, E
Burgess, M M (Dr)
Burns, J G (HMAS Coolebar)
Burston, Helen
Burton, V L
Campain, J H (HMAS Toorie)
Carlton, P M
Carpenter, J (HMAS Coolebar)
Carter, J H
Chapman, F W
Christie, W L (HMAS Coolebar)
Christopher, Fred (Pte)
Clark, Libby
Clark, Patty
Clark, V
Cobb, R G (HMAS Coolebar)
Conaughty, Audrey
Conaughty, V J
Cook, A
Cook, H (Cpl)
Cook, P
Cook, Thomas E
Cook, W W
Cooksley, M A
Cooksley, W (Pte)
Cornish, P R (Cpl)
Curry, A (HMAS Toorie)
Curtis, A J (HMAS Toorie)
Dalzeil, J R (HMAS Toorie)
Dasborough, L A
Davidson, J
Daw, Arthur
Daw, G E
Daw, W E
Daw, W F
Day, Olive
Day, R W
Dempster, Curly
Duffy, H W (HMAS Coolebar)
Dunn, R (HMAS Toorie)
Elsegood, B M
Elsegood, D C
Elsegood, F
Elsegood, O
Elsegood, P H
Enwright, R E (HMAS Coolebar)
Fazackerley, R (HMAS Toorie)
Foley, W (HMAS Toorie)
Forsyth, C J
Frith, Evelyn C (2/43rd)
Fry, Marjorie
Gill, L (HMAS Coolebar)
Gillen, G
Goddard, D A
Goodwin, H F (HMAS Coolebar)
Gossett, L H (HMAS Toorie)
Gould, A (HMAS Toorie)
Gray, H B (HMAS Toorie)
Griffith, A (Pte)
Griffith, B D L (Pte)
Griffith, E V
Griffith, L G
Griffith, R
Grover, Helen
Hall, B L
Hall, C M
Hall, Enid J
Hall, F H
Hall, Freda
Hall, H R
Hall, R P (Gnr)
Hall, William, G
Hamilton, Frank (HMAS Sydney)
Harrison, J H (HMAS Coolebar)
Harvey, R J (HMAS Coolebar)
Haseldine, G J
Hayward, K R (HMAS Coolebar)
Hewitt, A J
Hill, C A (HMAS Coolebar)
Hone, Effie (2/14 Fld Reg)
Horsell, B
Horsell, B (2)
Hudd, Hubert (Capt)
Jackson, T (HMAS Toorie)
Jacobs, F A E (HMAS Nambucca)
Janes, Clifford (Pte)
Johncock, G H (Pte)
Johnson, A C (Sgt)
Johnson, Elizabeth
Jones, Iris
Jones, V (HMAS Coolebar)
Kelly, M E
Kerars, Eleanor
Kitson, Ethel
Kosehagen, Gladys S
Krause, A (HMAS Nambucca)
Krause, L (HMAS Coolebar)
Lade, A
Lade, D R
Lade, G E
Lade, Jean E
Lambie, G (HMAS Toorie)
Laurie, K H (HMAS Toorie)
Litchfield, H A (HMAS Coolebar)
Luxmoore, J
Mace, K W (HMAS Toorie)
MacLeod, H (HMAS Toorie)
MacLeod, R C (HMAS Toorie)
Maudlen, A (HMAS Toorie)
May, Chas E
May, G R
May, I
May, T Y (HMAS Toorie)
McDonough, M
McDonough, M T
McGrath, C T (HMAS Toorie)
McIntyre, D W (Pte)
Moran, Colleen
Moran, Kathleen
Moran, L
Moran, T G
Morgan, A K (HMAS Toorie)
Murray, I (Sgt)
Nagel, F E E
Neighbour, R
Nicholson, M
Norrie, Willoughby
Osmond, J L
Otim, S
Parker, T (HMAS Coolebar)
Pavilach, G R
Paynter, N
Pledge, G L
Powell, G (HMAS Toorie)
Prideaux, J (HMAS Coolebar)
Prior, S R (HMAS Nambucca)
Quinlan, E A (Sgt)
Regan, K J (HMAS Toorie)
Roake, R A (HMAS Toorie)
Roberts, F D M (HMAS Coolebar)
Roberts, M F (HMAS Coolebar)
Roche, C E (HMAS Coolebar)
Rogers, M (HMAS Coolebar)
Roper, H P
Round, F J (HMAS Toorie)
Rowsell, A
Rowsell, A M (Gnr)
Rowsell, M G
Ruth, Arthur E (Pte)
Rymill, E G (Sgt)
Rymill, Katherine L
Rymill, Shylia
Schaefer, D B
Seager, H W H
Seager, M A
Shane, S (HMAS Toorie)
Sheperd, V
Sheridan, B
Sheridan, E
Simmonds, D
Slade, J
Smith, A J K (Designer)
Smith, H K
Smith, Mervyn (Chairman Council)
Snelling, W I
Spain, A L (HMAS Toorie)
Symons, W J (HMAS Coolebar)
Taupin, L B (HMAS Sydney)
Taylor, E R
Thompson, B H (HMAS Toorie)
Tiggerman, E J (Pte)
Tiggerman, H S (Pte)
Tiggerman, K
Tomlinson, W H (HMAS Toorie)
Tugwell, E L
Turner, E D
Turner, E V
Turner, F A
Turner, F E
Turner, J V
Verrier, G S (2/10th)
Waller, A E (Pte)
Waller, E A
Waller, H R (Pte)
Waller, L A (Sig)
Waller, P G
Watson, F (HMAS Coolebar)
Watson, M E
Weatherspoon, K
Weatherspoon, P J (Pte)
Weir, A (HMAS Nambucca)
Wheaton, B J
Wheaton, D R
Wheaton, F H (Pte)
Wheaton, M M (HMAS Nambucca)
Wheaton, R
Whitman, D (HMAS Coolebar)
Whittle, M
Wiadrowski, K
Wickham, F E (Pte)
Willson, D (Sapper)
Wood, Fannie
Wright, C C
Wright, D E