The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-05-18. MR EDWARD LIGHTFOOT (LEFT) AND MR HARRY NICKLEN, VOLUNTARY WORKERS AT HEADQUARTERS OF THE AUSTRALIAN COMFORTS FUND, ARE SEEN HANDLING BALES OF KNITTING WOOL FOR DESPATCH TO BRANCHES. TREMENDOUS QUANTITIES OF WOOL ARE NECESSARY FOR RATIONING OUT TO THE VARIOUS BRANCHES FOR CONVERSION INTO SOCKS, SCARVES ETC., FOR DESPATCH TO MEMBERS OF THE FIGHTING SERVICES.
War work. From Fleece to Sock. Miss Coll (possibly Miss McColl of Bendigo?) is shown knitting socks direct from the fleece of a sheep. The Australian Comforts Fund then packed the socks into bales (su
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1942-12-14. VOLUNTARY WORKERS OF THE AUSTRALIAN COMFORTS FUND PACKING AND WRAPPING PACELS FOR DESPATCH TO TROOPS OVERSEAS.
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-05-18. EVERY PAIR OF SOCKS WHICH COMES TO THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE AUSTRALIAN COMFORTS FUND IS THOROUGHLY EXAMINED TO ENSURE THERE ARE NO LUMPS OR OTHER FAULTS. VOLUNTARY EXPERTS A
Portable bench mounted machine for manually knitting socks. The item has a cast iron frame, which fastens onto a workbench with two thumb screws. On turning a handle, an internal spindle rotates and
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-05-18. AUTOMATIC SOCK KNITTING MACHINES BEING OPERATED BY VOLUNTARY WORKERS AT HEADQUARTERS OF THE AUSTRALIAN COMFORTS FUND. LEFT TO RIGHT:- MRS SIMON FRASER, MRS HOWGATE AND MISS
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-05-18. MRS S. DALRYMPLE, AT THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE VICTORIAN DIVISION OF THE AUSTRALIAN COMFORTS FUND, PACKS CARTONS OF SOCKS FOR DESPATCH TO FIGHTING AREAS.
