Many thanks. An interesting little badge.
"While many young Australian women yearned to take an active role in the war, their opportunities were much more limited than those of their British counterparts. Australian nurses served overseas, but Australian women were not mobilised for war work.
Numerous women's volunteer organisations sprang up to offer more traditional assistance to the troops.
The Australian Comforts Fund provided extra clothing, food, tobacco and other 'comforts' for the troops".
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