{"id":1321,"date":"2019-08-26T12:19:59","date_gmt":"2019-08-26T01:49:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/?page_id=1321"},"modified":"2019-11-03T15:41:18","modified_gmt":"2019-11-03T05:11:18","slug":"summertown-womens-memorial-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/?page_id=1321","title":{"rendered":"Summertown Women’s Memorial"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Text: Karen Agutter<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Image: MLDHS Photographic Collection 284-8<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Situated at the entrance to the Summertown cemetery (between Summertown and Uraidla) these gates were erected by the Summertown Women\u2019s Comfort Fund and the relatives of those from the district who died in the service of their country during World War One. The memorial arch was opened by Colonel Price Weir and the mothers of the fallen soldiers on Saturday 23 October 1920. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The arch reads \u2018In Memory of Our Heroic Dead 1914-1919\u2019. On the pillars of the gate are a series of marble plaques which list the names of the deceased. Uraidla \u2013 AF Collins, LTR Collins, SL Dyer, EL Green, WJ Cricc, D Scott, FH Souter, JF Souter, LL Udy, DW Wilcox. Carey\u2019s Gully \u2013 AL Christian, PW Christian, CC Hall, RW Long, WJ Mac-Farlane, EM Rutt, WC Shueard, A Mills. Summertown \u2013 AJ Charles, AE Church, FTR Church, AE Collins, WH Driver, RN Fuller, PJ Core, SR Hales, FB Kent, CE Le Lant, HH Liverton, WE Trenorden, LC Trenorden (M.M.) AE Vince. Piccadilly \u2013 CR Nicholas, FA Schantz, SL Schocroft, JA Steer, PC Winter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is also a plaque which reads \u2018We the members of the Summertown Women\u2019s Comfort Club, bereaved parents, and sympathetic friends, erect these gates as a memorial to those who sacrificed their lives in the great war for us, we are glad to do homage to those who have paid the greatest price for our liberty.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Australian Comforts Fund (ACF) was officially formed in 1916 as a national body. The ACF was a national body which amalgamated the many local voluntary women\u2019s groups, like the Summertown Women\u2019s Comfort Fund, who knitted socks and worked to raise funds to send \u201cluxury\u201d items such as cakes, puddings, tobacco, newspapers, condensed milk etc. to supplement the Australian soldiers\u2019 army rations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do you know anything more about the erection of this memorial? Of the soldiers (or others from the district) who served in WWI or other conflicts? Do you know anything more about the Summertown (or other) Women\u2019s Comfort Funds? Contact us at mldhsgateways@mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au <\/a>or drop into the History Centre at the Coventry Library, 63 Mount Barker Road, Stirling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Text: Karen Agutter Image: MLDHS Photographic Collection 284-8 Situated at the entrance to the Summertown cemetery (between Summertown and Uraidla) these gates were erected by the Summertown Women\u2019s Comfort Fund and the relatives of those from the district who died in the service of their country during World War One. The memorial arch was opened … Continue reading “Summertown Women’s Memorial”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":709,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"spay_email":""},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/PaNLq6-lj","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":709,"url":"https:\/\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/?page_id=709","url_meta":{"origin":1321,"position":0},"title":"War, Peace & Memorials","date":"May 15, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Return to Gateways Topics Frank Allen Schantz ClevelandSnoswell The Lych Gate Edward Mullin Sister Anne Donnell Andrew Lonie Christie Summertown Women's Memorial Frederick Norman Collisson","rel":"","context":"Similar post","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/frank-allen-schantz.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1922,"url":"https:\/\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/?page_id=1922","url_meta":{"origin":1321,"position":1},"title":"Fr. 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