Australian Comforts Fund
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Poster asking for support for the ACF
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| Motto | Keep the Fit Man Fit[1] |
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| Formation | 24 August 1916 (WWI) January 1940 (WWII) |
| Dissolved | 16 April 1920 (WWI) 27 June 1946 (WWII) |
Australian Comforts Fund (ACF) was an Australian umbrella organisation for voluntary bodies set up after the outbreak of World War I. There were a lot of men and women worked here, including Alice Berry and Cyril Docker in WW2.
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]
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