Embroidered autographed handkerchief : Lance Corporal William Thomas Whitlock, 2/3 Field Ambulance

Man's white linen handkerchief with numerous autographs which have been over-embroidered in red, mauve, puce, green and yellow stemstich. 'KAI-ORA' is embroidered in green in one corner. The signatures are, QX255 E V Hill, QX4750 A Hughes, QX4223 Pte Bill Lester, QX1364 Sgt L L Pullen, QX2188 J B Larden, QX672 Bugler W S Lettice, QX3797 T Crabbe, QX601 W H Smith, QX4424 G Clifford, QX3056 J H Evans, QX19 D R Ganton, QX3673 G Harlow, QX152 T Wright, QX647 H G Windsor, QX2588 S B Stenhouse, QX3542 Pte A B Bright, QX1229 Pte V Hanrahan, QX2833 Pte N A W Taylor, QX477 Pte H Emmett, QX523 S W Baker, QX2436 John Hancock, QX337 Cooke, QX542 H Byrne, QX2800 M T Jubb, QX196 J Foster, QX2137 Pte W E H James, QX626 Pte J A Cummins, QX2571 A Driscoll, QX602 A Dawson, QX4130 Pte A C Wright, QX2181 V Coulahan, QX2836 Claude Vickery, QX408 A W Shelton, QX1023 A K Green, QX2142 N S Kenyon, QX4112 Cpl L Massey, QX1053 G W Pottinger, QX2194 W J Jackson and J E Farr.

This handkerchief was carried by QX121 W T Whitlock when he embarked with 2/3 Field Ambulance on SS Queen Mary, on 4 May 1940. It was autographed by members of 2/3 Field Ambulance, all Queenslanders, and Whitlock's aunt embroidered over the signatures when he returned to Australia in 1943.