- Owner
- Avon District Hall Committee
- Region
- Mid North
- Creator
- Fighting Forces Comforts Fund. Avon
- Measurements
- 135cm x 89cm
- Historical Period/Date
- 20th Century (1930-1969 Mid)/1941
- ID Number
- ESPO-087
- Classifications
- Appliqué,Banners,Machine Appliqué,Stem Stitch,
Physical Description
A white cotton Fighting Forces Comforts Fund banner with a machine appliquéd large blue cotton "V" in the centre. "Avon F.F.C.F. Unit 424" is hand appliquéd in a deep red cotton fabric across the top of the banner. Below the appliquéd text the cloth has been machine stitched in red cotton to divide it into about 100 more or less equal sections. Names are stitched within each section in dark red thread. The names in the centre of the large blue "V" are of men from the district. Their rank, service number and unit have also been stitched.
Theme and Purpose
World War II. Fighting Forces Comforts Fund. A small plaque beneath the banner reads "Created by the women of Avon 1941".
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.
Angel, C H
Angel, D A
Angel, Keith
Angel, R B
Arrowsmith, E
Baker, C H (EX1052 AIF)
Baker, H A
Baker, H M
Baker, N M
Baker, R W (S27830 DOMF Alice Springs)
Barr, Edna
Cameron, C
Carslake, J
Carslake, M
Carslake, M A
Carslake, M N
Carter, E
Carter, H
Carter, R W
Clark, A G
Clark, E I
Clark, Jack
Clark, L A
Clark, N
Clark, N W
Clonan, A M
Clonan, C J
Clonan, D A
Clonan, Phil L
Coleman, W
Coveney, A B
Coveney, E E
Coveney, E J
Coveney, W
Crighton, D A (9 L H EXT45)
Dalton, A B
Day, A R
Day, F S C (EX5418 AIF)
Day, Ian M
Day, L
Duck, C W
Duck, G D
Duck, Ruth
Duffield, A M
Graham, E R
Gundersen, E J
Harfield, E
Harfield, E (Driver) (2/12 Battalion AIF)
Hollans, F
Johnson, Beryl E
Johnson, O R
Johnson, T C
Jones, Joyce
Jones, W C
Kraft, Cynthia
Kraft, Regina
Lomman, F E
Lomman, H J (Cpl) (SX10111 C Coy Aust Eng Trg Brn 2nd AIF)
Lomman, J S
Lomman, M E
Lomman, W R (Pte) (AAOC M)
Lyons, M J
Manley, W S
McArdle, E D
McArdle, Gwen
McArdle, Ian
McArdle, M O
McArdle, N H
McArdle, Ross
Mckenzie, Lawrie
McKenzie, S A
Moeller, Glenda
Moeller, R
Napper, R (ACI) (47154 RAAF)
Parker, C L (LAC) (26018)
Parker, G D
Parker, J D
Prime, H S
Prime, J R
Prime, M B
Pym, A M
Pym, B M
Pym, J
Pym, L J
Pym, M
Pym, T
Pym, T M
Pym, T O
Reed, K A (Driver) (Aus Boring Sec RAE 2nd AIF)
Reid, A F
Reid, L A
Rundle, G
Rundle, L E
Rundle, R J
Scholar, A (ACI) (26619 RAF)
Stewart, Alan
Stewart, Colin
Stewart, G C
Stewart, G M
Stewart, H A
Stewart, H R (AC) (47161 RAAF)
Stewart, Jean
Stewart, Reg
Stewart, Stella
Stewart, T H
Tiller, B W (L/Cpl) (S7164 9/23rd Light Horse Gawler)
Tiller, Gwenda
Tiller, Ronda
Wehr, E A
Whibley, A E
Williams, M G (Tpr) (S7287 9/23rd Light Horse Gawler)
Williams, W A
Wilson, Margory V (Whitwaita)
Wood, A E
Zanka, P E
Zanker, A (Pte) (D Coy 2/27th Btn 2nd AIF)