WWI Allegiance pledge - by 12 Greek shop-keepers in NSW country towns, 1915.

Declaration by 12 Greek shop-keepers (the majority Kytherians) in NSW country towns in 1915, pledging their profits to the Red Cross in the event of Greece enetering the war against the Allies. [From the Emmanuel Andronicus papers.]

"In the event of Greece going against England and the Allies, we the undersigned agree to contribute the whole of our profits to the Red Cross Society as long as the war lasts, or even the whole business concern, on the understanding that they will be handed back to us at the end of the war."

From,

Australians and Greeks Volume II: The Middle Years, p.13. Halstead Press, Sydney. 1997. [See Culture, subsection, Bibliography, for more details on Hugh Gilchrist's, Vol II.]