- Owner
- Mount Gambier Community RSL
- Region
- South East
- Creator
- 2/27th Battalion Ex-Servicemen’s Association
- Measurements
- 104.5cm x 110cm
- Historical Period/Date
- 20th Century (1970-1999 Late)/1987
- ID Number
- ESPO-154
- Classifications
- Cloths,Detached Chain Stitch,Stem Stitch,
Physical Description
Square white, possibly polyester cloth, edged with machine made lace. '2/27th' is worked in large red characters in one corner. There are eight multicoloured repeat motifs of a scroll design with flowers and foliage, one in each corner and the other four placed symmetrically in the centre of the cloth. The names are embroidered in stem stitch in a variety of colours and radiate out in a circular fashion from the four central motifs and the voided centre of the cloth.The year '1987' is worked under one of the central floral motifs. Many of the names are embroidered in pairs (married couples) in the same colour, and there are also single names.
Theme and Purpose
World War II. Commemorative. Reunion. Thought to have been created for the 1987 reunion of the 2/27th Battalion Ex-Servicemen’s Association. Alf Zanker was made a Life Member of the 2/27th BN Ex-Servicemen’s Association 'as a mark of esteem and in appreciation of services rendered to Members of the 2/27 Battalion Ex Servicemen’s Association' on 20 March 1982. It is thought that the reunion commemorated by the cloth would have been organised by Alf Zanker and his wife Doreen whose names are embroidered close to the year 1987 on the cloth and in the same colour.
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.
Adams, Snow
Allan, Kath
Allan, Norm
Allen, Mollie
Allen, Norm
Anderson, Len
Anderson, Mavis
Ashenden, Bill
Ashenden, Doreen
Ashenden, Doreen (2)
Ashenden, Dulcie
Ashenden, Edna
Ashenden, Keith
Ashenden, Ollie
Ashenden, Sterl
Auld, Ida
Auld, Murray
Austin, Ima
Austin, Merv
Baldwin, Ray
Baldwin, Val
Barker, Jack
Barker, Pat
Bastian, Arch
Bastian, Betty
Bell, Les
Bell, Una
Borchers, Peg
Borchers, Roy
Breckey, Jack
Breckey, Sophia
Brown, Ken
Brown, Marie
Burgin, Bill
Burnett, Jack
Burnett, Lorna
Burns, John
Burns, Yvonne
Burr, Fred
Burton, Jack
Burton, Shirley
Butler, Doug
Butler, Mary
Campbell, Dick
Campbell, Dorothy
Castles, Bryan
Castles, Lorna
Catt, Lance
Catt, Olive
Colby, Guy
Colby, Melva
Corcoran, Betty
Corcoran, Tom
Dahl, Heather
Dahl, Neil
Dennis, Alice
Dennis, Peter
Duck, Ike
Edwards, Clive
Edwards, Col
Eiffe, Laurel
Eiffe, Pat
Ellis, Bob
Ellis, Lorraine
Fairly, Jim (Dr)
Fairly, Margaret
Filsell, Max
Filsell, Myrtle
George, Helen
George, Norm
Greig, Cec
Greig, Edna
Harrap, Brenda
Harrap, Reg
Harrison, Keith
Harrison, Mary
Hogg, Jock
Honda, David
Honda, Edna
Hunter, Marge
Hunter, Ron
Hurrell, Malcolm
Hurrell, Shirley
Innes, Joyce
Innes, Scotty
Isaachsen, O
Kairl, R
Keightley, Glad
Keightley, Les
Kimber, Adlyn
Kimber, Tom
Koehne, Glad
Koehne, Ray
Lange, Stuart
Laslett, Bill
Laslett, Jean
Little, Dorothy
Little, Slim
Looker, Ken
Looker, Pam
Lyon, M
MacPherson, Georgina
MacPherson, Wally
Mason, Billie
Mason, Jack
Matten, Bob
Matten, Marj
McFarlane, Betty
McFarlane, Don
McFarlane, Duncan
McManus, Jack
Miller, Wes
Moir, Beryl
Moir, Jim
Nitscke, Anne
Nitscke, Ern
Noble, Dick
Noble, Lois
North, Alec
North, Kath
O'Connor, Des
O'Connor, June
Offen, Eunice
Offen, Jim
Ogilvie, Myrtle
Ogilvie, Phyl
Pannell, Gwen
Pannell, Ian
Penny, Peg
Penny, Sam
Perryman, Rod
Perryman, Sylvia
Petrie, Sandra
Pettingill, Ern
Pettingill, Jean
Phillips, George
Pope, Alec
Sandison, Colin
Sandison, Juliett
Savage, Horrie
Savage, Ruth
Scott, Frank
Sherman, Claude
Sherman, Shirley
Sherwin, Peg
Sherwin, Peter
Shillaker, Bill
Siviour, Angie
Siviour, Edie
Smith, Howie
Smith, Lew
Smith, Nita
Smith, Verna
Stuckberry, Ron
Stuckberry, Rose
Tapscott, Bernice
Tapscott, Bill
Tasker, Gordon
Tasker, Vel
Thredgold, Betty
Thredgold, Joan
Thredgold, Les
Thredgold, Roy
Tidswell, Audrey
Tidswell, Maurie
Timms, Leonie
Timms, Stan
Tucker, Edna
Tucker, Ern
Walker, Alby
Ward, Bert
Ward, Jean
Ward, Mary
Ward, Maurie
Waterson, Stan
Waterson, Val
Watson, Kel
Watson, Val
Weir, Alan
Weir, Joyce
Whereat, Dorothea
Whereat, Padre
Williss, Glen
Williss, June
Winton, Jim
Young, Doug
Zanker, Alf
Zanker, Doreen