| Place | Oceania: Australia, South Australia |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | REL34057 |
| Collection type | Heraldry |
| Object type | Badge |
| Physical description | Brass, Celluloid, Paper, Tin |
| Maker |
A W Patrick |
| Place made | Australia: South Australia, Adelaide |
| Date made | 1919 |
| Conflict |
Period 1910-1919 First World War, 1914-1918 |
Pair of fundraising badges : South Australian Soldiers Home League Inc Myrtle Bank 1919
Description
Pair of round badges with brass pin mounting, each depicting an Australian soldier and sailor smiling from a large porthole under the legend 'Coming Home'. The words 'SA SOLDIERS' HOME LEAGUE INC / MYRTLE BANK 1919' appear around the circumference.
History / Summary
Fundraising badges sold in Adelaide every Friday, on ‘Badge Day’ from 1916 to 1919 by Mrs Annie Roberts of St Peters, grandmother of Barry John Roberts (see REL34054, 34055, 34056). The badges were sold in support of homes for repatriated soldiers, and specifically the War Veterans Home still extant on the Myrtle Bank site in Adelaide, which served as a Repatriation Hospital during the First World War from March 1917.
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