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Bendigo Military MuseumBooklet - BOOKLET, COLES, G.J. Coles & Coy Limited, "Knitting for the Troops", 1939-1945
... "Knitting for the Troops"..., 15 pages. "Knitting for the Troops" Booklet BOOKLET, COLES ...World War 2.Booklet - Paper, Black and white print and sketches, 15 pages.COLES, present "Knitting for the Forces" Containing complete knitting instructions for 3 pullovers, cardigan, Balaclava, Mittens, socks, scarf, skull cap.booklet, knitting patterns, ww2 -
Bendigo Military Museumbooklet - KNITTING BOOK, RED CROSS, Rusnin Press Pty Ltd
... Knitting for the troops... to knit items for the troops. Red Cross Booklet Knitting ...Booklet donated to the Red Cross Society for the people to knit items for the troops. Small booklet, white paper cover, Cover has a plain Red Cross along the the title printed in black ink. 23 pages of knitting instructions written in black ink. Folded and bound with 2 staples. front cover “ AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY VICTORIAN DIVISION “Printed for and donated to the Australian Red Cross by Lincoln Mills (Australia) Lydred cross, booklet, knitting for the troops -
Bendigo Military MuseumBooklet - BOOKLET, AUSTRALIAN COMFORTS FUND, 1941
... Knitting for the troops... goldfields Australian comforts fund Knitting for the troops ...Booklet- paper, cream, black writing, red star on cover, 19 pages“AUSTRALIAN COMFORTS FUND’ VICTORIA DIVISION ACF GUIDE TO KNITTING- STANDARD SOCKS, KHAKI STOCKINGS, GARTERS, SPIRAL STOCKINGS (NAVY), BALACLAVA CAP,LONG SLEEVE PULLOVER, SLEEVELESS PULLOVER, SCARF,MITTENS, CAP, AIRMAN’S NECL MUFF, AIRMAN’S WOOLLEN GLOVES, FOR ACTIVE SERVICE. MARCH 1941australian comforts fund, knitting for the troops -
Bendigo Military MuseumBooklet - BOOKLET, ACF, Australian Comforts Fund Victorian Division, August 1941
... troops overseas. Comforts fund Knitting ACF On the back of page ...There were many Comforts funds providing items for our troops overseas.Thirty two pages, white with black print, “ACF” badge in red on the front. The book as per the cover contains a guide to the various sections mentioned regarding of clothing .On the back of page 23 printed, “Renwick Pride”comforts fund, knitting, acf -
Kew Historical Society IncBooklet, Australian Comforts Fund (Victorian Divsion), Guide to Knitting, 1940
The Australian Comforts Fund (ACF) was first formed on 24 August 1916 from a number of State based organisations that had been individually formed at the beginning of the First World War to send comforts to the troops. With the close of the war, the ACF officially ceased to exist on 16 April 1920, only to be revived in 1939 with the outbreak of the Second World War. The ACF provided embarkation kits to troops containing items such as soap, clothes, tobacco, razors and barley sugar. The ACF officially closed on June 27, 1946. (AWM website)20-page booklet issued by the Australian Comforts Fund (Victorian Division) in World War II, providing advice on how to knit a range of articles for this on 'Active Service'. The instructions provided are textual rather than graphical.Signature of owner (?): "Elizabeth Clifford"australian comforts fund (victoria), knitting
