Queensland Soldiers' Comforts Fund

[1] Queensland Soldiers' Comforts Fund was inaugurated at a public meeting convened by the Mayoress of Brisbane on 21 September 1915.

Premises for the operation of the Queensland Soldiers' Comforts Fund was secured at Panbury House in Eagle Street, Brisbane.

[2] One of the committee's first activities was to appeal for public donations of various items that could be dispatched to soldiers overseas in time for Christmas.

Accepted items included shirts, undershirts with short sleeves, mufflers, balaclava caps, handkerchiefs, writing pads, envelopes, pencils, pipes, tobacco, cigarettes, bootlaces, toothbrushes, toothpaste, soap, Vaseline, sweets, coffee, games, books and magazines.

These included Ayr, Beaudesert, Beerwah, Benaraby, Bowen, Bundaberg, Caboolture, Calliope Valley, Charters Towers, Degilbo, Emu Creek, Eumundi, Goondiwindi, Ipswich, Isis Girls' Club, Kedron, Laidley, Lake Clarendon, Longreach, Many Peaks, Mapleton, Maroochy River, Maroon, Memerambi, Mitchell, Morven, Mount Morgan, Nambour, Nanango, Ormiston, Poona, Pialba, Sandgate, Tallebudgera, Townsville, Tiaro, Toogoolawah, Warra, Wattle Branch and Wynnum.

"At Home" given by Lady Cowley, O.B.E., to workers of Queensland Soldiers' Comforts Funds, at "Silky Oaks", Toowong on 24 April 1919
Lady Elsie Goold-Adams at the opening of the Red Cross Fete at Junction Park School, Annerley, Brisbane, 1916
Hazel Campbell in Coo-ee Cafe uniform, 1917