Cotton flour bag with addresses Dr S. L. Townsend and M. C. Townsend
Date
1940
Description
Cotton flour bag (John Darling and Son, Eclipse Flour Melbourne) that has been open out and bearing: "Dr S.L Townsend" and two different addresses.
The first address in blue/purple ink is: "Dr S L. Townsend / Commonwealth Bank / Australia / Strand / WC2 / England”, however this address has been crossed out with horizontal brown ink lines. The other address in purple and blue ink is: "Dr S.L. Townsend / 8 Manor Road / Twickenham / Middlesex / England / From M.C Townsend / Hampton / VIC. Cloths such as this were frequently used for wrapping parcels being sent from Australia to England during WWII (and into the 1960s).
This is one of the items found in the suitcase A2008_27_030.
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