The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 (such as on left) and shipped them overseas to Australian troops.
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
Red Cross folded white cardboard measure for knitting socks (copyright). The measure is printed on one side with 'RED CROSS SOCK MEASURE' and the red cross symbol. 'XB4823' has been handwritten at the
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
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
SYDNEY, NSW, 1945-05-15. THE COUNTRY WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION, SYDNEY, CARRIED OUT VALUABLE WORK BY VOLUNTARY LABOUR FOR THEIR WAR EFFORT. SHOWN, PACKING ARTICLES FOR THE AUSTRALIAN COMFORTS FUND. IDENTIFI
