Australian Comforts Fund (ACF) was an Australian umbrella organisation for voluntary bodies set up after the outbreak of
World War I
World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...
. Many men and women worked at the ACF, including
Alice Berry and
Cyril Docker in WW2.
World War I
The Australian Comforts Fund was formally established nationally on 24 August 1916, although there was efforts in this direction at a state level.
Irene Victoria Read
Irene Victoria Read born Irene Victoria Phillips (29 August 1880 – 27 August 1972) was an Australian charity and community worker. She was President of Sydney's Rachel Forster Hospital for Women and Children from 1930 to 1950.
Life
Read was ...
was said to have lobbied the organisation from No 2 General Hospital in Egypt in 1915.
The ACF provided 12 million mugs of tea for soldiers in the trenches during the course of the war.
The Australian Comforts Fund was dissolved on 16 April 1920.
World War II
The Australian Comforts Fund was re-established in January 1940 to assist with World War II.
The Australian Comforts Fund was dissolved once more on 27 June 1946.
See also
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Queensland Soldiers' Comforts Fund
References
External links
Australian Comforts Fund Souvenir Collectionat the
Australian War Memorial
The Australian War Memorial (AWM) is a national war memorial, war museum, museum and archive dedicated to all Australians who died as a result of war, including peacekeeping duties. The AWM is located in Campbell, Australian Capital Territory, C ...
Australia in World War I
Australia in World War II
1916 establishments in Australia
Funds
Tobacco and the military
Tobacco in Australia
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