Series[UMA-SRE-20160054] HISTORY, ROLE AND STRUCTUREAccession[UMA-AC-000000293] Australian Red Cross 2016 transferIdentifierUMA-ITE-2016005400034Scope and ContentDepartmental Precis comprising Overseas Civilian Relief Services provided by the Australian Red Cross (1939-1946) Specific Donations Received for Overseas Civilian Relief Services (1939-1946)
Donations by Organisations in Australia shipped to National Red Cross Societies for distribution at their discretion (Shipment number, Date of Dispatch, Consigned to, Donated by, Type of Goods, Quantity, Value) 1943-1946. Report on Stores, Shipments etc.
Report by DAC WH Smithett on the work done by ARCS in Greece and the Conditions there covering the period 27/01/1945-01/12/1945. (38pp) History of Service of Overseas Relief Units in Greece April 1945-April 1946 (8pp). History of Assembly and Dispatch of Overseas Relief Units For Greece (5pp). Copy of Airgraph Addressed to Secretary General ARCS from Commissioner ARCS, Cairo, Egypt (11/10/1944) Appendix 1, 2pp. Report on Physical Examination of Australian Red Cross Society. Appendix 11. 1pp
‘Form of Contract for Members of Overseas Relief Units of the Australian Red Cross’; Appendix 111, 5pp. ‘Payroll allocation for personnel of Overseas Relief Units of the Society’ Appendix IV, 1pp. Draft Deed Between United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNHRRA) and Australian Red Cross Society (03/03/1945). Appendix V, 2pp. Annexures “A, B, C”
Overseas Relief Units to work in Association with United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNHRRA) in Balkan Area. (Officers Names, Job function) Appendix IV, 2pp
Mobile Hygiene and First Aid Unit, and Refugee Relief Unit Appendix VII, 2pp. Overseas Relief Units - Operational Instructions, Appendix VIII, 2pp List of Supplies shipped with Overseas Relief Units for Greece. Appendix IX, 3pp. Type written, annotated in pencil and ink.Access StatusOpen for public accessRequest TypeRequest unitUnit2016.0054 Unit 0003Conditions of Use and ReproductionCopyright in records created by the Red Cross is owned by the University of Melbourne. However, use of the Red Cross emblem (a red cross on a white background) is protected by the Geneva Conventions Act 1957. Researchers should be referred to the Red Cross for permission to use the emblem. Contact the Red Cross Archivist in the first instance heritage@redcross.org.au Note that this condition does NOT affect the ability of researchers to request copies of documents including the emblem. Requests for reproduction can be responded to in the normal manner. The obligation concerns the use which researchers subsequently make of the emblem. However, if publishing, researchers need to obtain permission from the Red Cross to use any reproduction which includes the emblem.
Australian Red Cross Society, National Office, Departmental Precis and reports (1939-1946), [UMA-ITE-2016005400034]. University of Melbourne Archives, accessed 06/05/2026, https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/428976
