Dear list, a little bit off the track but I was wondering if anyone has personal oral history about girl guides collecting rabbit skins for the soldiers in WW1, I have found a reference on Trove that they did this in 1915 in Hobart. My question is where would they have got them from and who would have made them into vests and sent them off. I found a photo with a soldier wearing one with the skin outside. Regards Irene Irene Schaffer Email: irene.schaffer@bigpond.com http://www.tasfamily.net.au/~schafferi

Sorry meant to say with the fur on the outside not the skin, as would have been expected. Irene > Dear list, a little bit off the track but I was wondering if anyone has > personal oral history about girl guides collecting rabbit skins for the > soldiers in WW1, I have found a reference on Trove that they did this in > 1915 in Hobart. > > My question is where would they have got them from and who would have made > them into vests and sent them off. I found a photo with a soldier wearing > one with the skin outside. > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-TASMANIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message