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DRESSING - BPC PLAIN ABSORBENT LINT

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1939 - 1945

Overview

Rectangle brown paper bag with white label on top with blue text. Text inside a blue border. [B.P.C. QUALITY / Plain Absorbent Lint / SPECIALLY PREPARED FOR / SURGICAL PURPOSES / MANUFACTURED IN ENGLAND / 2 OZ. 2 OZ.] Written on front near label are numbers in pencil. In pencil [1/3]. Openings of paper packaging folded underneath and adhered to place.

Historical information

First aid equipment that was used by the Armadale Women's Emergency Corps (AWEC). One of the skills that members of the Corps. trained in was first aid and members were issued with first aid kits. The AWEC was formed and run by Constable Roy Fletch, local police man and 10th Light Horse veteran. The Corps consisted of around 40 local girls including Sylvia Bailey (later Anderson). The Corps. was trained in first aid, stretcher bearing, did marching drills and was instructed in rifle shooting. Was manufactured in England.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-33-COA2009.17

Item type

Medicines

Themes

People
War and Conflict
World Cultures

Material

Paper

Width

118 mm

Height or length

178 mm

Depth

20 mm

Keywords

ARMADALE

Armadale Womens Emergency Corps

World WarTwo

ENGLAND

Place made

United Kingdom

Year

1939 - 1945

Statement of significance

This collection of objects is associated with the Armadale Women's Emgergency Corps (AWEC) which was a volunteer organisation formed as part of a local defense and support system in the Armadale Kelmscott Road Board during World War Two. The Corps was created and run by Constable Roy Fletcher of the Armadale Police Station and was made up of local single women from the district.

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Comparative significance criteria

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Rare or representative

Well provenanced

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