| Place | Oceania: Australia, Queensland |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | ARTV06096 |
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | Overall: 31 x 52 cm |
| Object type | Poster |
| Physical description | gouache and pencil on prepared watercolour board |
| Maker |
Queensland Patriot Fund QUEENSLAND : QUEENSLAND PATRIOTIC FUND : AUSTRALIAN COMFORTS FUND (QLD. DIV.), [N.D.] |
| Place made | Australia: Queensland |
| Date made | c. 1939-45 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
A.C.F. : Give to the comforts fund: The Fund that looks after all the men and Women of Australia's Fighting Services
Description
An Australian poster depicting a happy soldier being handed a parcel. The words 'Give to the comforts fund' refers to the Australian Comforts Fund (ACF), Queensland division. The Australian Comforts Fund (ACF) was first formed in August 1916 from a number of individual state based organisations that had been created at the beginning of World War I to send comfort to the troops. Many local women's groups formed early in the war to provide various 'luxury items' to supplement the Australian soldier's army rations and personal kit. The Australian Comforts Fund quickly grew into a fundraising, collecting, sorting and distributing machine which rivalled the scope of the Red Cross. At the conclusion of World War I, the ACF officially dissolved. However it was revived in 1939 with the outbreak of World War II to provide comforts to a new generation of soldiers. It ceased operation again on 27 June 1946. During World War II, the Patriotic Fund of Queensland and the Australia Comforts Fund entered into a cooperative agreement to provide assistance to Queensland troops.