Sammy Lunn

Sammy Lunn (1864-1923) was a South Australian fundraiser and philanthropist who was acclaimed in his state as a fundraiser for Australian Service-men who served during World War I. Lunn was also an active member of the Port Adelaide Football Club.[4]

The hearse carrying Sammy Lunn during his funeral procession on King William Street pictured out the front of the Adelaide Town Hall in 1923.

Sammy Lunn

MBE
Born1864 [1]
Dover, United Kingdom
Died16 May 1923
Adelaide, South Australia[2]
Other names"The Digger's Pal"[3]

Lunn was a business man who operated as an ice cream vendor.[5] Lunn would often sell ice cream from his van in the beachside suburb of Semaphore.[6]

In 1920 Lunn was awarded an M.B.E. in recognition of his support of Australian service-men.[7] An example of his support included providing 12,000 Digger with five shillings deriving from his fund-raising efforts.[8]

Lunn would attend SANFL football matches as part of his fundraising efforts, in particular for Port Adelaide where he wore that team's lace-up guernsey and shouted rhymes and parodies to the amusement of spectators.[9]

When he died, many shops in South Australia closed during his funeral procession.[10]

Publications

References
  1. "Sammy Lunn A Memory". The Mail (Adelaide). Vol. 28, no. 1, 456. South Australia. 20 April 1940. p. 6. Retrieved 28 August 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. "DEATH OF "SAMMY" LUNN". Bunyip. No. 3, 899. South Australia. 7 September 1923. p. 2. Retrieved 28 August 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. "Sammy Lunn A Memory". The Mail (Adelaide). Vol. 28, no. 1, 456. South Australia. 20 April 1940. p. 6. Retrieved 28 August 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. "FOOTBALL". The Register (Adelaide). Vol. LXXXVI, no. 23, 194. South Australia. 10 March 1921. p. 8. Retrieved 28 August 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. "Widow of Famous War Collector Dies". News. Vol. 43, no. 6, 597. South Australia. 20 September 1944. p. 3. Retrieved 28 August 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. Castello, Renato (25 June 2016). "Life of WWI fundraiser Samuel Lunn celebrated in new exhibition". The Advertiser. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  7. "EMPIRE HONORS". Chronicle. Vol. LXIII, no. 3, 344. South Australia. 23 October 1920. p. 38. Retrieved 28 August 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. "Sammy Lunn A Memory". The Mail (Adelaide). Vol. 28, no. 1, 456. South Australia. 20 April 1940. p. 6. Retrieved 28 August 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. "Sammy Lunn A Memory". The Mail (Adelaide). Vol. 28, no. 1, 456. South Australia. 20 April 1940. p. 6. Retrieved 28 August 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. "Samuel Lunn | Monument Australia". monumentaustralia.org.au. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
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