The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Square embroidered cross stitch table mat. The mat has a white canvas backing with light blue and light pink embroidery. Evenly spaced light blue and light pink squares placed between two light blue lines form a border. Within this there are five patterned clusters of light blue and light pink squares.
Made by 3678 Private Charles Edward Adamson who served in 5 Battalion, AIF, during the First World War. Adamson was born in Victoria on 21 May, 1890 and he enlisted with the AIF on 20 July, 1915. He sailed for Egypt on the troopship 'Ceramic' shortly after enlisting. Adamson served in Egypt then in France, participating in the battle of the Somme. His diaries (held in the Private Records collection) detail his fighting experiences in both Egypt and France but the writing ends abruptly due to a war injury. Adamson was buried alive in the trenches and spent many months in a London hospital recuperating. It is assumed that the pieces of embroidery were produced by Adamson during this period of recuperation. He embarked for return to Australia on 20 March 1919.
First Aust. Army Stationary Depot and First Aust. Army Mobile Printing Unit Regimental Dinner on the Occasion of the visit of Major G A Hames, 23rd August 1943
HQ 4 Aust Base Sub Area (AIF) "B" Officer's Mess: Formal Dinner, Bougainville 9th July, 1945
Papers of the Adamson family relating to the First and Second World War. 3678 Sergeant Charles Edward Adamson served with the 5th Battalion during the First World War and kept diaries for 1916-1917 w
Embroidered cross stitch banner for 5 Battalion, AIF. The banner is divided horizontally, black over orange and shows an embroidered yellow 'Rising Sun' in the centre with a brown crown superimposed o
Square embroidered cross stitch pot holder with a green polished cotton backing. The pot holder is patterned with a central diamond surrounded by triangle shapes that are outlined in black and coloure
Square embroidered pouch formed from a single piece of white cotton fabric. The square centre has four triangular flaps which fold in to form the opening of the pouch. Two of the flaps are attached pe
Embroidered table runner. The runner is embroidered in light blue, white and yellow cotton cross stitch to form a Grecian Key pattern. Each end has approximately eight millimetres of canvas backing ex
Portrait of 3678 Corporal Charles Edward Adamson, 5th Battalion. A farmer from Maldon in Victoria, Corporal Adamson was wounded near Pozieres in August 1916. He returned to Australia in March 1919. F
Square embroidered cross stitch pot holder with a green polished cotton backing. The pot holder is patterned with a central diamond surrounded by triangle shapes that are outlined in black and coloure
Embroidered table runner. The runner is embroidered in light blue, white and yellow cotton cross stitch to form a Grecian Key pattern. Each end has approximately eight millimetres of canvas backing ex
Embroidered cross stitch banner for 5 Battalion, AIF. The banner is divided horizontally, black over orange and shows an embroidered yellow 'Rising Sun' in the centre with a brown crown superimposed o
Square embroidered pouch formed from a single piece of white cotton fabric. The square centre has four triangular flaps which fold in to form the opening of the pouch. Two of the flaps are attached pe
Cream cotton sateen embroidered cushion cover edged with cream cotton lace threaded through with pink ribbon. The cover is embroidered in machine chain stitch in brown, mauve, red, light and royal blu
Cream silk handkerchief embroidered with two ply pearl cotton embroidery thread. The scalloped edge of the handkerchief is finished with cream buttonhole stitch. The centre of the handkerchief has a c
