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Australian Comforts Fund : 20-May-2011
Australian Comforts Fund : 20-May-2011
Photographs supplied by Kent Watson

Marble plaque commemorates the activities of the Victorian Division of the Australian Comforts Fund during World War One.

Location

Address:Swanston Street, Melbourne Town Hall, Melbourne, 3000
State:VIC
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -37.814665
Long: 144.966432
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Plaque
Monument Theme:Conflict
Sub-Theme:WW1
Actual Event Start Date:04-August-1914
Actual Event End Date:28-June-1919

Dedication

Front Inscription

TO COMMEMORATE
The Services Of The Victorian Division Australian Comforts Fund Carried On By Branches Throughout The State, By Central Committees And Workers In This Town Hall Of Melbourne And Furthered By Active Co-Operation Of The Naval And Military Authorities And Of Leading Citizens.
Gifts From Their Homeland Thus Reached Our Brave Men Fighting In The Navy, The Army, And The Air Forces, During The Great War And Cheered Them In Their Time Of Trial.
Inaugurated 7th August 1914,
As "The Lady Mayoress`s Patriotic League"
Ceased Activities August 1920.
"Finis Coronat Opus"
Value Of Clothing, Food, Goods and Money,
Distributed fFrom Victoria, £506,126

Source: MA
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