If you do a Google Book Search for: World War I: The Conflict that Gave Rise to the ANZAC LegendBy Cindy Dowling on page 76 it discusses the role of women and women's groups in support of the war effort. cheers, elaine On Sunday, July 13, 2014 5:50 PM, "aus-tasmania@rootsweb.com" <aus-tasmania@rootsweb.com> wrote: 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 ------------------------------- AUS-Tasmania Mailing List Website http://www.rootsweb.com/~austashs/ Contact Admin AUS-Tasmania-Admin@rootsweb.com Search the Archive (type AUS-Tasmania in the list box) http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl ------------------------------- 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