Australian Comforts Fund

Australian Comforts Fund (ACF) was an Australian umbrella organisation for voluntary bodies set up after the outbreak of World War I. Many men and women worked at the ACF, including Alice Berry and Cyril Docker in WW2.

Australian Comforts Fund
Formation24 August 1916 (1916-08-24) (WWI)
January 1940 (WWII)
Dissolved16 April 1920 (1920-04-16) (WWI)
27 June 1946 (1946-06-27) (WWII)

World War I

The Australian Comforts Fund was established on 24 August 1916.[1]

The ACF provided 12 million mugs of tea for soldiers in the trenches during the course of the war.[2]

The Australian Comforts Fund was dissolved on 16 April 1920.[3]

World War II

The Australian Comforts Fund was re-established in January 1940 to assist with World War II.

The Australian Comforts Fund was dissolved once more on 27 June 1946.[4]

See also

References
  1. "Guide to the Australian Comforts Fund Souvenir Collection. Collection number: Souvenirs 8". Research Data Australia. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  2. Wilson, Riley (21 May 2020). "At last, tea is getting the official recognition it deserves". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  3. Dennis, Peter; Grey, Jeffrey; Morris, Ewan; Prior, Robin; Bou, Jean (2008). "Australian Comforts Fund". The Oxford Companion to Australian Military History (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195517842.
  4. Denadic, Hannah (2011). "Australian Comforts Fund, World War II, 1939-1946". Museums Victoria. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
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