- Owner
- Keswick Barracks. Army Museum
- Region
- Adelaide
- Creator
- Mrs E Bawden
- Measurements
- 107cm x 101cm
- Historical Period/Date
- 20th Century (1900-1929 Early)/1920
- ID Number
- ESPO-089
- Classifications
- Cloths,Stem Stitch,
Physical Description
Ecru linen cloth with signatures embroidered in blue thread in randomly placed rectangular boxes, also embroidered in blue. A centred cross contains the following text worked in red thread "The Unknown Warrior. Verdun. 11.11.20. Lest We Forget". Centred at the top of the cloth is a blue stitched outline of the Vickers 'Vimy' bomber aircraft with the text "Vickers 'Vimy' Landed 23.3.20". The names embroidered along the top edge are "Grace Weigall", "Archibald Weigall" and "Priscilla Weigall" being the 18th Governor of South Australia (9 June 1920 to 30 May 1922), Sir Archibald Weigall, his wife Lady Weigall and their only daughter. Stitched along the lower edge is "S. M. Memorial Rest Home. Opened 20.11.20. Worked by Mrs E Bawden".
Theme and Purpose
Commemorative. Fundraiser for the SM Memorial Rest Home. Official opening of the SM Memorial Rest Home: 20.11.20 Unknown Warrior, Verdun. Anzac Day 11.11.20 Vickers 'Vimy' landing 23.3.20
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.
Africa
Aldgate, G H T
Anderson, O C (Geelong 1914)
Ascanius
Bawden, B
Bawden, H M
Bawden, H M (2)
Bawden, Ralph
Benella 1916
Berrima 16-2-16
Bidgood, K
Boliths, A C
Boliths, E
Borda
Borlace, C
Borlace, J H
Bremen 27-6-16
Brisbane
Bullecourt
Caley Smith, O E ?
Carn Brae Aldgate 18-2-20
Carraill, A
Carraill, L
Carraill, M A
Carraill, S
Catterall, J
Catterall, M
Ceramic 1-11-19
Cheney, E G
Cheney, Jack
Collins, F M
Collins, L T
Cooke, H
Cowell, L J
Cowell, M A
Cowell, P
Dawes, A
Dawes, S
Dawkins, (Dr)
Dec 4th 1916
Dummy Hill
Evans, E O
Evans, I O
Evans, M A
Evans, W O
Eyles, (Mrs)
Eyles, H J
Eyles, W C
Fox, J
Greet, C
Hammer, (Mrs)
Hammer, A J
Harris, (Mrs)
Harvey, E
Horsley, D
Horsley, M J
Howe, A (27th Batt)
Howe, E
Howie, A
Howie, L B
Impett, L S (sailed Dec 1914)
Impett, R K (sailed Oct 1914)
Kanowna
Kurr, K W
Le Lant, C
Le Lant, G
Lest We Forget
Lowrie, A
Lowrie, F
Lunn, Sammy (Diggers' Pal)
Marks, S
McCann, E
Menhennett, (Sis)
Messines
Miller, G F
Mongolia 1916
Mooltan
Murphy, C
Murphy, Sydney
Nestor
Noble, C A
Noble, M S
Orontes
Parak, W
Parham, G
Parham, W
Passchendale 16-10-17
Patten, (Mrs)
Patten, A H
Patten, B D
Patten, C D
Patten, G F
Peace 1918
Pearson, F W
Prettejohn, B A
Prettejohn, G J
Prettejohn, H C
Reubenicht, E
Reubenicht, J
Reubenicht, P
Reubenicht, R
Ronayue, (Sis)
Scott, C J
Scott, F J
Scott, F R
Scown, F
Scown, V
Searle, D
Shepard, L P
Smart, I
Smith, C O
Smith, F B
Smith, T
Somerset, N J (Cpt A D C)
Stewart, C
Stewart, H
Symon, (Lady)
Symon, O S (27th BATT)
The Unknown Warrior "Verdun" 11-11-20
Thomas, D C
Topham, M
Vickers Vimy Landed 23-3-20
Watson, F
Weigall, Archibald
Weigall, Grace
Weigall, Priscilla
Wigg, L
Wigg, R
Young, D
Ypres 25-9-17