- Owner
- Balaklava Museum
- Region
- Mid North
- Creator
- Unknown
- Measurements
- 155cm x 190cm
- Historical Period/Date
- 20th Century (1930-1969 Mid)/1939
- ID Number
- ESPO-093
- Classifications
- Appliqué,Chain Stitch,Cloths,Satin Stitch,Stem Stitch,
Physical Description
Large white calico cloth with a 4cm machine stitched hem using red cotton. In the centre of the cloth is a machine stitched circle with a map of Australia, machine satin stitched, with 'Cheerio from Balaklava' hand stitched in red stem stitch with a dot to show its location on the map. Radiating out from the central circle is a 7cm band with the rising sun emblem hand stitched in yellow at top and bottom and with the blue colour patch of the 9th / 23rd Light Horse appliquéd on either side. The topmost rising sun emblem has '9th/23rd' stitched to its left and 'Light Horse' stitched to its right. This band is further divided into segments with red machine stitching for names. A second 7cm band creates an outer circle and has a hand stitched red Australian flag and the Union Jack on either side of the text 'Balaklava, South Australia' and ' Militia 1939'. It is also divided into segments for names by machine stitching. The remainder of the cloth has been machine stitched with lines divided into segments using red thread. Names have been hand stitched in each segment. All names are in red using stem stitch. The 2 flags are worked predominantly with chain stitch.
Theme and Purpose
World War II. Australian Light Horse. Fundraiser. Cost was 1 shilling per name. 'The 23rd Light Horse Regiment (Barossa) was a Citizens Military Force (CMF) unit of the Australian Light Horse, formed during the 1912 reorganisation of the Australian Army. The regiment traces its origins back to the militia cavalry units raised in the colony of South Australia, specifically the South Australian Mounted Rifles'. 'In 1936, the 23rd was linked with the 9th Light Horse Regiment to form the 9th/23rd Light Horse Regiment'. 'The 23rd was unlinked from the 9th on 1 December 1941. As part of the wider mechanisation of the Australian Light Horse, the unit was converted to a motorised reconnaissance role and was retitled the 23rd Reconnaissance Company (Barossa Light Horse) at this time'. From Wikipedia.
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.
Addems, Joan
Addems, Vera
Ahrns, Martha A
Alexander, Phillis
Anders, Irene
Auricht, Catherine
Auricht, Clare
Balaklava Football Club
Bansemer, R
Baum, L
Berry, Lola
Bird, N H (Balaklava South Australia Militia 1939)
Bowden, Hilda
Bowden, Valma
Bowers, H
Bridgeman, Kevin
Bromley, Margaret
Brus, Mildred
Brus, Wanda
Budge, H
Burnley, Ann
Burton, Marie G
Burton, Patric
Burton, Stephanie
Busbridge, Clarice
Busbridge, Queenie
Butler, Florence
Callaghan, Nellie
Camp, Marjorie
Carmody, R
Catford, Merle
Catley, Carlien
Charlesworth, Jean
Clark, R (Balaklava South Australia Militia 1939)
Cleary, Kath
Cleary, Mary
Clements, James
Congee, Patricia J
Cottington, Esther
Cottle, Dorothy
Cottle, Joyce
Cousin, A (Captain)
Cousin, Edith
Cox, Ruby
Croft, Ida
Cruber, W B
Crystal, Marjorie
Cullan, Rona
Cullen, Lily
Deitman, R
Dewdner, M M
Dickman, Jessie
Diecks, Mary
Diercks, Geo
Dixon, Carry
Drew, Gwen
Dunn, Joyce
Dunsford, R
Dunstan, G (Balaklava South Australia Militia 1939)
Dunston, Mabel
East, Beryl
Edwards, Snow
Edwards, Stella
Evens, Marjorie
Fenner, C L
Fricker, C
Gardiner, Peter L
Gardiner, Rae M
Gifford, Edith
Gilchrist, Brian
Gilchrist, Florence A
Girsch, Phillis
Greenless, Rollo
Haffer, Mary
Hallion, Lucy
Hallion, R
Hallion, W (Balaklava South Australia Militia 1939)
Hamlet, Mary
Hannah, (Sister)
Hanrahan, Helen
Hansen, Elsie
Hay, Peggy
Healey, Jessie
Healey, Keith
Henry, Mona
Henry, Pat
Hillibrand, Dorothy
Hood, Neville
Hore, Vida
Innes, Bessie
Innes, June
Jarvis, Dorothy
Jarvis, Jean
Jarvis, Lorain
Johncock, Fay
Jones, Brewster
Jones, F H
Joske, Hazel
Joske, Mary
Julge, Beryl
Jupp, W
K, A W
K, L W
King, Allan
King, L (Corporal)
King, Mary
Kraft, Doris
Kraft, E F
Kraft, Rita
Laffer, Jean
Lampe, Frances E
Langdon, Dawn
Laub, Emma
Lee, Mary
Leverington, W G
Lewis, Lillian
Lock, R J
Mader, G
Maitland, W
Manoel, Mary
March, Edna
Marriott, Avis
Marriott, Kathleen
Marshall, Dulcie
Marshman, Ian
Marshman, Judith
McGann, T
McKee, James
McKenzie, Henrietta
McLachan, Maragret
McMahan, Eileen
McMahan, Kathleen
McPharlin, Elsbeth
McPhie, Elsbeth
McPhie, John
Metcalf, Ruth
Mitchell, G
Mitchell, R (Balaklava South Australia Militia 1939)
Munday, Gertrude
Nancarrow, Len
Napier, Antony
Napier, John
Neville, Diana
Newton, I
Newton, R
Newton, Ruth
Nolan, F J (Balaklava South Australia Militia 1939)
Nolan, Mollie
Nowlan, A D
Offen, Marie
Padman, Katherine
Partridge, Jean
Paterson, E
Paterson, N
Peek, Vera M
Pennington, Barbara
Pennington, Margaret
Pepper, (Corporal)
Reid, Max
Rhodes, Elizabeth
Robinson, A W
Robinson, Margaret
Robinson, Mary
Rutt, Gladys
Sabey, Shirley
Saint, Effie
Saint, Patty
Sellan, S (Corporal)
Shepherd, Mary
Sherwood, Beryl
Shrubsole, H
Smith, Hetty
Smith, Ruby
Smith, W A
Spillane, C (Corporal)
Steinke, Barbara
Steinke, Florence
Sutton, Lyla
Sutton, Nellie
Sutton, Ruth
Sutton, Shirley
Sutton, William (Jr)
Swan, George J
Swan, Julia
Tanner, Barbara
Tanner, W F
Tanner, Winefride
Thompson, Joan
Thorpe, A U
Thorpe, Jaye
Tiller, A (Balaklava South Australia Militia 1939)
Tiller, M (Balaklava South Australia Militia 1939)
Treasure, L R
Treverton, May
Tucker, R (Captain)
Tullock, Blanche
Tunkin, Avis
Tunkin, May
Turner, Joan
Twelftree, Zoe
Uppill, Doreen
Uppill, Lou
Uppill, Sophie
Urlwin, Joyce
Veitch, Evelyn
Veitch, G (Balaklava South Australia Militia 1939)
Veitch, Marvin
Venning, Nell
Vogt, Maureen
Waegner, Joan
Webb, Gwen
Weetra, Valma
Wilkins, Connie
Williams, D (Balaklava South Australia Militia 1939)
Williams, M R (Balaklava South Australia Militia 1939)
Williams, R (Lance Corporal)
Wilson, Adelaide
Wilson, Alice
Wilson, R F
Wilson, W A (Balaklava South Australia Militia 1939)
Wilson, Winifred
Wood, A (Balaklava South Australia Militia 1939)
Wreford, Joan
Wright, Winnie
Yendall, Myrtle
Young, T C (Balaklava South Australia Militia 1939)