Cover design wraps around the spine and both covers. Lower section is a pale yellow/white colour with silver text. The higher section is a torn green image of a grassed field and tree with black and white images of a lady and pram, a young boy, and a man in a wheelchair with one red poppy. The back cover image is a welcome home sign with a gathering of people beneath it.non-fictionLiving with the Scars of War tells the untold story of thousands of Australian families who welcomed home disabled soldiers after the First World War. It offers a poignant account of the impact of physical injury and shell shock upon returned soldiers, and explores the profound and lasting consequences of disablement for their kin in the 1920s and 1930s. Drawing the reader into the emotional interior of family life, it evocatively brings to light the daily struggles of Australia's 90,000 'changed men', and reveals the significant burdens carried by their family members--Provided by publisher.australian and new zealand army corps, war veterans, disabled veterans australia, soldiers-family relationships, post-traumatic stress disorder, social aspects of war, psycholgical aspects of war, ww1, wwi, first world war, world war 1914-1918

A document summarising the work of Legacy in 2006. It mentions how it was begun by a group of WW1 veterans. At the time there were 126,000 widows and 1,900 children and adults with a disability being helped by Legacy around Australia. There were approximately 6,700 Legatees in 49 Legacy Clubs. In Victoria there were 1,700 Legatees providing support to about 24,000 widows and 300 disabled dependents. There were 13 clubs in Victoria as well as 12 Groups, plus Branches. Some of the activities Legacy was involved with include a National Junior Public Speaking Award, Badge appeal, ALbert Park Lake Defence Attack, a golf classic event and the Torch society Document was from a folder of documents donated to the archive by Legatee Bill Rogers that related to his time as President (March 2006 - March 2008).A summary of the work of Legacy in 2006.Print out x 2 pages about Legacy, its history and challenges.legatees, statistics

MagazineOfficial Magazine of the Australian War Memorialservice women, gallapoli diary, mine disposal, disabled veterans, merchant seamen, indonesia's confrontation

The TPI Association was formed in 1926 and had become a national body by 1941. This bookmark from South Australia is believed to date to the 1940s.The TPI Association was formed in 1926 and had become a national body by 1941 at about which time this bookmark is believed to date to. It was formed by a group of disabled veterans to provide welfare, advice and benefits. The association aimed to support veterans who had come home with a disability and those who needed further medical treatment or long periods of rehabilitation. By producing these bookmarks the association was, as with other activities, putting its name and work out into the public arena for support in its goals.soldiers, world war !, tpi, south australia, bookmark, military, ephemera