Australian Junior Red Cross cape pattern, size 8; Indoor uniform model D pattern, 'Pauline'; Small cup used to feed patients in hospitals, c. 1916

Items from the Red Cross NSW Division archive

During the First World War, local Red Cross branches were set up across NSW, where armies of volunteers (mostly women) knitted socks, rolled bandages and prepared comfort parcels to send to the troops. Most of the volunteers made their own uniforms. They also cared for patients at invalid hospitals.