Historical information

In 1915, recruitment committees were formed in nearly every town in Australia to facilitate enlistment in the Australian Imperial Forces. These committees focused on raising awareness, mobilizing communities, and making enlistment processes accessible.

The Wodonga Recruiting Committee also worked with volunteers for the Soldiers’ Comfort Fund to raise money and collect items to send to servicemen on the Front to supplement their rations packages. These included articles such as gum, tobacco, soap, towels and cigarettes.

This programme documents one of the events organised in Wodonga by the local Recruiting Committee in 1917. It lists the names of 137 soldiers and nurses from Wodonga who had enlisted up until September 1917.

Significance

This item is significance because it documents the response to World War One by members of the Wodonga community.

Physical description

A small fold out card featuring the flags of the nations who were Allies with Australia at this time. They are Serbia, Italy, Belgium, France, Britain, Russia, Japan and Montenegro.
The inside of the card includes a list of names.

Inscriptions & markings

On back: D. R. Davies Co. Print