| Place | Oceania: Australia, Queensland, North Queensland, Cairns |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | REL29085.001 |
| Collection type | Heraldry |
| Object type | Heraldry |
| Maker |
Taylor, Laurence Cecil |
| Place made | Australia |
| Date made | c 1943-1944 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Rehabilitation embroidery of Princes Bridge, Melbourne : Private L C Taylor, 14/32 Battalion
Description
Black stem stitch rehabilitation embroidery of Princes Bridge, Melbourne, showing Flinder's Street Railway Station in the background.
History / Summary
This embroidery was made by QX53871 Private Laurence Cecil Taylor, of 14/32 Battalion, while he was convalescing at 5 Australian Camp Hospital, which was located at the North Cairns State School in Queensland.
Q142600 Private Dorothy Lilian Fennell, of the Australian Army Medical Womens Service, was posted to the hospital in 1943 and 1944 as an orderly in the medical wards. On 31 March 1944, some of the patients, learning that it was her twentieth birthday, presented her with felt toys and three embroideries that they had made as part of their rehabilitation.
Dorothy Fennell enlisted on 16 July 1942. After the Second World War she served in Japan as part of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force. She was discharged in January 1947.
Laurence Taylor enlisted on 12 July 1943, and after the war also served in Japan. He was discharged in August 1947.