Education Department's Record of War Service 1914-1917
Cat No.: AU7018:
A wonderful and comprehensive record of hundreds of Victorians involved in the Great War 1914-18. Includes biographies and photos of those who served - those who were killed and those who returned.
The 306 page book is arranged as follows
INTRODUCTORY
Foreword
Summary
The Builders
CONCERNING SERVICE ABROAD.
The Men who Enlisted - gives the names and last school before they enlisted
The Men who Fell - short biographies - with photos of most
Inspectors, Teachers, and other Departmental Officers whose Sons or Brothers Died on Service - over 100 who died
The Men who Returned - short biographies - with photos of most
Honors and Decorations - list of those who received these
The Men who Volunteered and were Rejected - mostly on medical grounds
Memorials
THE WORK OF WAR RELIEF
Formation of the Education Department's War Relief Organization
The Supply of Comforts for Soldiers
How the Country Schools Helped
How the Town Schools Helped
League of Young Gardeners
Young Workers' Patriotic Guild
Helping the Hospitals at Home
War-savings Effort
Chronicle of the Activities of the Education Department's War Relief Organization
School Subscriptions
Statement of Receipts and Expenditure
Some information from the summary
Enlistments-—752. Of those who enlisted, 724 were teachers, two School Medical Officers, one was a School
Nurse, and one an Inspector of Schools. The remaining 24 belonged to the Clerical Division of the Public
Service, and were employed in the Education Department.
Those who Died.—146.
Honors and Decorations-—V .C, 1; C.B., 1 ; C.M.G., 1; D.S.O. and Bar, 1; D.S.O., 4; D.C.M., 4;
M.C. and Bar, 3; M.C., 35; M.M. and Bar, 2; M.M., 35; Croix de Guerre, 2; Order of the British
Empire, 4; Meritorious Service Medal, 5; Order of the Nile, 1; Serbian Order of the White Eagle, 1;
Distinguished Flying Cross, 1. Total, 101.
Articles of Comfort Sent Abroad.—These numbered rather more than 400,000.
Supplies to Hospitals at Home-— Condiments and preserves, 50 tons; cake and biscuits, 18J tons; tea, cocoa,
coffee, 91r tons; invalid foods, 23J tons; general groceries, 21^ tons; dairy produce, 21 tons; eggs, 65,000
dozen; fish, 5 tons; vegetables and fruit, 264 tons; tobacco, 189 lbs; cigarettes, 24,500 packets; poultry and
game, 9,250 pairs; and sundries, 4 tons. A rough estimate in tons gives 460.
The Young Workers Patriotic Guild {including the League of Young Gardeners).—It comprised about 80,000
members, of whom 20,481 earned and gave to the War Relief Fund £1; 813, £5; 164, £10; 15, £15; 14,
£20; 3, £30; 1, £60; and 1, £65. In all, the contributions amounted to about £50,000.
War-savings Effort in the Schools-—The sums invested amounted to £217,419.
Financial.—School subscriptions amounted to £422,470 15s. 8d.
Of the various means of obtaining money for the Fund, that known as Flower Day yielded nearly £127,000.
Accrued interest brought the amount to the credit of the War Relief Fund on the 8th of January, 1921,
to £438,044 3s. 6d.
The whole text is searchable - names, places and any word in the text.
No. of CDs is: 1 ; Format is: PDF ; Searchable?: YES;
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