Item 08: Various papers of the Free French Forces Appeal, Free French Movement and French Comforts Fund, 1942-1949

MLMSS 2586 (Y 4918)

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1942-1949

1093661

FOLDER 8
1. Accounts of the Free French Forces Appeal
-Note book of the Free French Forces Appeal General Funds, Sydney branch, October 1944 – November 1945
-Letters and balance sheets about the French Forces Comfort Fund, 31 December 1947 - 8 June 1948
-Receipts

2. List of families separated by the war (names, address, family situation). These families were mainly located in the North of France Pas-de-Calais, Seine (this department was divided in 1968) and North.

3. Letters to the French Comforts Fund from French organisations requesting funds for orphans, young offenders etc.

4. Letters of thanks
Written by individuals to the Health Food Store, le Courrier Australien and the French Comfort Fund. The French Comfort Fund commissions wrote to the Health Food Store to send the supplies and published announcements in Le Courrier Australien.
Letter of thanks from the French Australian League of Help, 19 October 1946

5. Entraide Francaise
-Donation from the Entraide Francaise
-Booklet "L’Entr’aide francaise ; son organisation son activite"

6. Le Courrier Australien
- Editions of Le courrier Australien (18 February 1944, 26/09/1947, 31 October 1947, 6 February 1948)
-Correspondence between Le Courrier Australien and Alba Stella (written in French), 11 July 1948 – 24 December 1948

7. Minutes
-Minutes of the meeting of the French Comfort Fund, 15 October 46 – 14 May 945
-Minutes of the meeting of the Free French Forces Appeal, 04 September 1944-14 May 1945

8. French Forces Appeal
-Balance sheets, 1943-1945
-Special appeals about the war prisoners, children, babies
-Lists of donation

9. Charitable collections act, 1934 ; instruction to registered charities