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Education Department War Service 1914-17
Education Dept Rcd of War Service 1914-17. 1921. 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 _Ö®_1; 813, _Ö®_5; 164, _Ö®_10; 15, _Ö®_15; 14,
  _Ö®_20; 3, _Ö®_30; 1, _Ö®_60; and 1, _Ö®_65. In all, the contributions amounted to about _Ö®_50,000.
• War-savings Effort in the Schools-?The sums invested amounted to _Ö®_217,419.
• Financial.?School subscriptions amounted to _Ö®_422,470 15s. 8d.
• Of the various means of obtaining money for the Fund, that known as Flower Day yielded nearly _Ö®_127,000.
• Accrued interest brought the amount to the credit of the War Relief Fund on the 8th of January, 1921,
  to _Ö®_438,044 3s. 6d.

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