- Owner
- Mount Gambier History Group
- Region
- South East
- Creator
- Emily Buck (nee Schonfeldt)
- Measurements
- 76cm x 78cm
- Historical Period/Date
- 20th Century (1930-1969 Mid)/1942
- ID Number
- ESPO-030
- Classifications
- Cloths,Detached Chain Stitch,Stem Stitch,
Physical Description
Cream cotton supper cloth with multicoloured signatures worked in stem stitch. Community members include servicemen and servicewomen. There is an oval-shaped cartouche set in from each of the four corners. These consist of stems of small flowers with leaves worked in stem stitch and lazy daisy. ‘Xmas 1942’ and ‘Xmas 1943’ are stitched on opposite sides of the cloth. There is a dated signature in one corner ‘W J Hobbs 23.3.38’. Some names, written in pencil, have not been stitched and there is one partially completed with the thread left hanging.
Theme and Purpose
World War II. Commemorative and possibly a fundraiser. Names of the attendees at the 1942 and 1943 Cheer Up Hut Christmas parties. One of the signatures 'Baron Von Wuttke, KGMC, VC' is believed to be a joke. A search of the Australian honors lists found that no-one of this name was awarded a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George or the Victoria Cross. Perhaps 'Er and M' was a joke too, possibly meaning her and him?
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.
Anderson, Patty
Ascione, Byron
Ashman, John (RAAF)
Baird, Elsie
Baird, Geoffrey
Baird, H L T
Baugh, F
Baugh, Joan
Baugh, Mary Ann
Baugh, Mavis
Berkefeld, E
Bigham, Mavis
Birrell, Vonie
Boothey, Rose G
Braithwaite, Eleanor
Braithwaite, F
Braithwaite, V
Braithwaite, W
Brown, Douglas
Buck, Frederick
Burford, Phyll
Burton, Dawn
Cameron, Clarrie
Carr, Arthur Burdett
Carr, Mona
Carr, Reg
Cattermole, Lawrence T
Cattermole, Margaret
Cocks, Gert
Cox, Russell (RAAF)
Croker, Neddie
Daly, Carmel
Davis, Lindsay
Davis, Max
Dickson, J W
Doherty, James (RAAF)
Doohan, M V (Nurse)
Duigan, Mary
Duigan, May
Dwyer, Elsie
Dwyer, Molly
Edwards, Jim
Edwards, Marg
Egan, Jas
Egan, K
Er and M?
Fahey, J A
Fartch, E
Fartch, S M
Fartch, Sinclair
Ford, W J
Fry, Lance
Grant, Margaret
Greet, Gordon L
Greet, Vera M
Haines, William
Hall, Bruce
Hannagan, Joe
Harrap, Imelda
Hateley, Bub
Hayes, Bess
Hennessy, Jean
Henstridge, Ann
Henstridge, F
Henstridge, M
Henstridge, W K
Hobbs, A J (Jnr)
Hobbs, M
Hobbs, W J (23.3.38)
Holmes, Ada
Horsell, Clement Frances
Hoskins, Laurie J (47583)
Jermyn, W H (Dr)
Johnson, E
Johnson, Len
Jonas, Muriel
Jones, A M
Kain, Eileen
Kain, Margaret
Kean, R
Kean, W H
Kent, Mick
Kerr, A A
Lang, Thelma N
Lock, George Edward
Mahony, Phyl
Mahony, Raphael R (LAC, MC Xmas Party 1942)
Maloney, Mock
Mansell, Fred
Manser, Frank
Marchant, K
Marchant, Peg
Marchant, Tot
Marcus, A W
Martin, Jean
Mason, Kath
Mather, W (NSW 443344)
Mayhead, Edna
Mayhead, John M
McGillivray, E (WA 16393)
McGregor, Harry
McKay, B
McKay, Pat (AWAS)
McLean, F H
Mitchell, Muriel
Moore, Thomas (Fr)
Naylon, J R
Neale, Dick
Neale, Lena
Neale, May
Neale, Roy G
Norman, Les
Norton, R
Nulty, Kathleen
O'Brien, G
O'Connor, Clara
O'Connor, James Lancelot
O'Leary, Olive
O'Neil, F
Oaten, Len
Patterson, Chris
Perry, David
Plummer, C E
Plummer, Ethel M
Plummer, Moynal?
Porter, Vince
Pudney, Margaret
Pudney, May
Purcell, Pierce
Robertson, W H
Ruth, Anthony F (Bdr SX2740 2nd AIF)
Ruth, Connie
Ruth, Mary (AWAS)
Ruwoldt, C M
Ruwoldt, Effie
Sanderson, H W
Schonfeldt, Chas
Schonfeldt, Chris
Schonfeldt, Daphne
Schonfeldt, Elsie M
Schonfeldt, Jack
Schonfeldt, M
Schonfeldt, Olive
Schonfeldt, Ted
Schonfeldt, Vera
Scrimes, Shirley
Seebohm, Jean
Seers, C
Sheehy, Chris
Snelling, Lance
Spango, Raymond
Stockham, D
Strout, J A D
Sutton, M
Symes, Bill
Tayler, Zoe
Thompson, Frank
Toseland, Deane
Travers, L M (Fr)
Travers, P
Travers, P (2)
Turner, H B
Turner, S F
Turner, Tom
Von Wuttke, (Baron KGMG VC)
Ware, Marjorie
Ware, Marjorie (2)
Warren, H Sydney
Warren, Wilva
Waters, Nellie
Wilkinson, Doreen
Wilkinson, Gordon GH
Wills, Jack
Wortley, D J
XMAS 1942
XMAS 1943
Zed, Vincent K