Lord Mayor's Sydney Waratah Comforts Fund

Unique IDAG-0172DescriptionThe Lord Mayor's Sydney Waratah Comforts Fund was controlled by a Committee appointed at its inaugural meeting. The Lord Mayor was the President of the Committee, the Town Clerk of Sydney, Deputy Town Clerk of Sydney and the Chief Clerk were Joint Honorary Secretaries, the City Treasurer was the Honorary Treasurer and the Lord Mayor's Secretary was the Honorary Assistant Treasurer.

The objective of the Fund was to provide "comforts, equipment and entertainment" for Australian Servicemen and women serving overseas. At the time of its creation, this referred to those serving in Vietnam.

At its dissolution, the Minutes record that the funds accumulated by the Fund were handed over to the "Australian Forces Overseas Fund".CreationBy a resolution at the inaugural meeting on 30 November 1965, following a suggestion put before Council at its meeting on 22 November 1965 by Alderman Wallace.AbolitionDissolution by a resolution carried at the final meeting on 6 April 1966

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Lord Mayor's Sydney Waratah Comforts Fund Minutes

Description

Start date30th November 1965End date6th April 1966Relationship legacy dataRELATED TO: Sydney City Council OR-0001 (22/11/1965 to 06/04/1966)
RELATED TO: External committees FN-0028 (30/11/1965 to 06/04/1966)
RELATED TO: Mayoralty / Lord Mayoralty FN-0023 (01/01/1965 to 01/01/1966)
Source System ID172

Relationships

OrganisationSydney City CouncilRelated functionsMayoralty / Lord MayoraltyExternal committees

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