For the Sake of the Soldier: Voluntary Work of Brisbane Women

Name: For the Sake of the Soldier: Voluntary Work of Brisbane Women
Author: Macleod, Rita

Macleod, Rita

World War, 1914-1918 -- Medical care -- Australia; World War, 1914-1918 -- War work -- Australia

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       RATES FOR A SOLDIER.    |   Total   |Fortnightly|   TOTAL   |Fortnightly   |Fortnightly
                               |Fortnightly| Patriotic |fortnightly|  Pension     |Pension if
                               |    Pay.   |   Fund    |  Income.  | if husband   |  husband
                               |           | allowance |           |   totally    |  killed.
                               |           |   (if     |           |incapacitated.|
                               |           |necessary).|           |              |
   ----------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+--------------+-----------
   With a WIFE and no children |=£4  9 10= |=------=   |=4  9 10=  |=4 10 0=      |=2  0 0=
   With a WIFE and 1 child     |=£4 15  1= |=0 12 6=   |=5  7  7=  |=5 10 0=      |=3  0 0=
   With a WIFE and 2 children  |=£5  0  4= |=0 17 6=   |=5 17 10=  |=6  5 0=      |=3 15 0=
   With a WIFE and 3 children  |=£5  5  7= |=0 17 6=   |=6  3  1=  |=6 15 0=      |=4  5 0=
   With a WIFE and 4 children  |=£5 10 10= |=0 17 6=   |=6  8  4=  |=7  5 0=      |=4 15 0=
   ============================+===========+===========+===========+==============+===========

In addition to the above there is 1/- per day deferred pay, amounting
to £18/5/- per year, which the soldier draws in a lump sum on his
return.

Then, again, a man has to remember that he is fed and clothed while in
the A.I.F., which is, of course, a big item to consider.

Don’t forget, too, that the rates quoted above are for the PRIVATE.

Such a big proportion of the men enlisting in Queensland to-day are
married men, that we thought it would be a good plan to state all the
rates of pay and pensions clearly for their information.

There is no doubt that the single men are not coming forward as they
should, and many married men are coming to the conclusion that there is
only one thing to do--take up the sword themselves.


HOW TO ENLIST.

=In Brisbane=--Go to Adelaide Street Enlisting Depot (next to State
School).

=In the Country=--Go to the nearest Town Clerk, or Shire Clerk, or
Local Recruiting Committee, who will give you all the necessary
instructions.


STATE RECRUITING COMMITTEE OF QUEENSLAND,

_Vice-Chairman_: Col. Hon. A. J. THYNNE, V.D., M.L.C. G. M. DASH,
_Captain_, _State Organizing Secretary_.




Red Cross Workshop.

FOR SOLDIERS AT KANGAROO POINT.

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

For the Sake of the Soldier: Voluntary Work of Brisbane Women — John Shaqi

For the Sake of the Soldier: Voluntary Work of Brisbane Women

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