Sammy Lunn
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Born | 1864 [1] Dover, United Kingdom |
Died | 16 May 1923 Adelaide, South Australia[2] |
Other names | "The Digger's Pal"[3] |
Sammy Lunn (1864-1923) was a South Australian fundraiser and philanthropist who was acclaimed in his state as a fundraiser for Australian Service-men who served during World War I. Lunn was also an active member of the Port Adelaide Football Club.[4]
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Lunn was a business man who operated as an ice cream vendor.[5] Lunn would often sell ice cream from his van in the beachside suburb of Semaphore.[6]
In 1920 Lunn was awarded an M.B.E. in recognition of his support of Australian service-men.[7] An example of his support included providing 12,000 Digger with five shillings deriving from his fund-raising efforts.[8]
Lunn would attend SANFL football matches as part of his fundraising efforts, in particular for Port Adelaide where he wore that team's lace-up guernsey and shouted rhymes and parodies to the amusement of spectators.[9]
When he died, many shops in South Australia closed during his funeral procession.[10]
Publications
- Bell, Clarrie (1990) 'Sammy Lunn (1865-1923): The Diggers' Pal' Historical Society of Woodville
- Lunn, Samuel (1914) 'The War Fund' Scrymgour & Sons.
References
- ^ "Sammy Lunn A Memory". The Mail (Adelaide). Vol. 28, no. 1, 456. South Australia. 20 April 1940. p. 6. Retrieved 28 August 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "DEATH OF "SAMMY" LUNN". Bunyip. No. 3, 899. South Australia. 7 September 1923. p. 2. Retrieved 28 August 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Sammy Lunn A Memory". The Mail (Adelaide). Vol. 28, no. 1, 456. South Australia. 20 April 1940. p. 6. Retrieved 28 August 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "FOOTBALL". The Register (Adelaide). Vol. LXXXVI, no. 23, 194. South Australia. 10 March 1921. p. 8. Retrieved 28 August 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Widow of Famous War Collector Dies". News. Vol. 43, no. 6, 597. South Australia. 20 September 1944. p. 3. Retrieved 28 August 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Castello, Renato (25 June 2016). "Life of WWI fundraiser Samuel Lunn celebrated in new exhibition". The Advertiser. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
- ^ "EMPIRE HONORS". Chronicle. Vol. LXIII, no. 3, 344. South Australia. 23 October 1920. p. 38. Retrieved 28 August 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Sammy Lunn A Memory". The Mail (Adelaide). Vol. 28, no. 1, 456. South Australia. 20 April 1940. p. 6. Retrieved 28 August 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Sammy Lunn A Memory". The Mail (Adelaide). Vol. 28, no. 1, 456. South Australia. 20 April 1940. p. 6. Retrieved 28 August 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Samuel Lunn | Monument Australia". monumentaustralia.org.au. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
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