ANZAC Club & Buffet invitation to Australian and New Zealand Forces

According to the Australian War Memorial, the Anzac Buffet was established by the London branch of the Australian Natives' Association - an organisation of ex-patriot Australians - and opened in late 1915 to provide free meals and entertainment to Australian and New Zealand servicemen in London.
At that time the bulk of the Australian forces were still in Egypt and Gallipoli and the Buffet would have catered more towards convalescing soldiers from the Gallipoli campaign, and a small number of Australians attached to units in France.

The Anzac Buffet was originally located at 70 Victoria Street, then within two months moved to 130 Horseferry Road. In September 1916, it was relocated to 94 Victoria Street. Ostensibly this was because the original premises were required by military headquarters. However it was felt by some that the military did not want any competition for their newly opened Australian Soldiers' Club located nearby. The Club charged for meals and other comforts, while the Buffet continued to provide free meals and entertainment throughout the war.

The Buffet was open seven days a week and the staff generally fed and entertained 1000 Australian servicemen a day. In addition to serving meals, the Anzac Buffet had billiard, reading and writing, and music rooms as well as a smoking lounge.

The Buffet finally closed its doors for good on the 29th November 1919.

This invitation to ANZAC soldiers was issued after September 1916 when the Buffet had moved to the Victoria Street premises.