It may seem
strange to us now when the Government is expected to pay for everything
at all times but in the past people were a lot more self sufficient.
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Many soldiers who went to the Boer War paid their own passage on the
ships.
- Many pieces of military equipment was purchased by town or city
fund raising committees. This went a long way past running fund raiser
to send the troops some luxury items like soap and cake.
- The Australian
Flying Corps actually had some of it's planes privately funded. Some of
the hospitals were privately funded, not for profit, as there was no
charge but as a patriotic duty.
- Some whole units were privately funded
in colonial times and thousands of men served in Volunteer Units where
the pay as NIL and you had to provide your own horse.
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In the Second World War there was not
quite as much civil fundraising but there was still a lot. The
Australian Red Cross and the Victorian Lawn Tennis Association were just
two of the groups to issue medals or badges that had a military
connection, for fund raising purposes. The funds were for support of the
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